# Swapna Barman wins the first ever gold medal for India in heptathlon at the Asian Games

URL: https://technosports.co.in/swapna-barman-india-gold-hepthalon-asian-games/  
Published: 2018-08-29  
Updated: 2018-08-29  
Author: Rahul Roy

# Swapna Barman won India’s fifth athletics gold in heptathlon at the ongoing Asian Games. She created history by becoming the first Indian heptathlete to win an Asian Games gold, a feat she achieved despite a toothache.

 

Swapna Barman clinched the yellow metal with a total of 6026 points in seven events. The heptathlon consists of seven events. It includes 100 m race, high jump, shot put, 200 m race, long jump, javelin throw and 800 m race.

 

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She won the high jump (1003 points) and javelin throw (872 points) events. And finished second-best in shot put (707 points) and long jump (865 points). Her weakest events were 100 m (981 points, 5th position) and 200 m in which she finished seventh with 790 points.

 

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India ‘s Purnima Hembram finished fourth in the event with 5837 points.

Before Swapna Barman, only Bengal’s Soma Biswas and Karnataka’s JJ Shobha and Pramila Aiyappa had returned with a medal for India from the Asian Games. Soma and Shobha had finished two-three at both Busan Asian Games (2002) and the Doha Games (2006). Wwhile Pramila had won a bronze at the Guangzhou edition.

 

 

Do check out : [Arpinder Singh becomes 1st Indian to Win Mens Triple Jump Gold in Asian games 2018](https://technosports.co.in/2018/08/29/arpinder-singh-india-mens-triple-jump-gold-asian-games/)

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