Swapna, the first individual gold medalists from Bengal after Saraswati Saha (2002), was among the three medal winners - including two bronze -- from the West Bengal at the Asian Games this year.
Swapna, the first Indian to secure a gold medal in heptathlon at the Asian Games was born with six toes in both her feet.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had announced a cash award of Rs 10 lakh and a government job for the 21-year-old.
Her father worked as a rickshaw-puller before being bed-ridden by stroke since 2013. Her mother would pluck leaves in tea gardens. She was born with six toes on each foot and couldn't find the right shoes. And she ran for her country with a plastered
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