{"id":375072,"date":"2023-10-02T13:14:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T13:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/10\/02\/asian-games-why-didnt-she-say-this-earlier-nandini-agasara-on-swapna-barmans-transgender-accusations-asian-games-2023-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-10-02T13:14:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T13:14:50","slug":"asian-games-why-didnt-she-say-this-earlier-nandini-agasara-on-swapna-barmans-transgender-accusations-asian-games-2023-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/10\/02\/asian-games-why-didnt-she-say-this-earlier-nandini-agasara-on-swapna-barmans-transgender-accusations-asian-games-2023-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian Games: &#8216;Why didn&#8217;t she say this earlier?&#8217; Nandini Agasara on Swapna Barman&#8217;s transgender accusations | Asian Games 2023 News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>HANGZHOU: <!-- -->Swapna Barman<!-- -->&#8216;s serious allegations against <!-- -->Nandini Agasara<!-- --> after the latter won the women&#8217;s <!-- -->heptathlon<!-- --> bronze medal at the ongoing <!-- -->Asian Games<!-- --> in China created a storm on Monday, forcing her to delete the post on X (earlier Twitter) where she alleged Nandini of being a transgender.<br \/>Although there has been no official response so far from the Athletics Federation of India (AFI), sources say Swapna would be asked to give an explanation after reaching India.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lOvcW\">\n<p class=\"efT4r\">Nandini breaks down after winning Asian Games heptathlon bronze<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t understand what&#8217;s the issue with her (Swapna)?,&#8221; said Nandini responding to the allegations.<br \/>In the now deleted post, Swapna, who won the heptathlon gold at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games, wrote: &#8220;I have lost my Asian Games medal to a transgender woman at the 19th Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China. I want my medal back as it is against the rules of our athletics. Help me and support me please.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled-16\" msid=\"104109969\" width=\"600\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/42706777.gif\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-104109969,width-600,resizemode-4\/104109969.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nandini&#8217;s 5712 points for bronze is her personal best and helped her push Barman down to fourth place (5708 points) in the final standings. <br \/>&#8220;I doubt the timing of her allegations. Why didn&#8217;t she make the accusations earlier?&#8221; Nandini questioned.<br \/>&#8220;It&#8217;s only when I won the bronze because of my sheer hard work and dedication that she came up with this transgender thing. This is so unfair.<br \/>&#8220;I thank the government and my federation for standing behind me and supporting me,\u201d said Nandini.<br \/>Nandini&#8217;s athletics journey started in 2018. 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