Jakarta Aug 29 (IANS) Indian athlete Swapna Barman created history by winning gold in the women s heptathlon event at the 2018 Asian Games here on Wednesday.
This is the first ever gold for India in the event at the Asiad.
Swapna posted a score of 6026 points. Wang Qingling of China scored 5954 to take silver while Japan s Yuki Yamasaki produced her personal best of 5873 to bag the bronze medal.

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