Kolkata, Nov 27 (UNI) Winning gold medal at Jakarta Asian Games is not enough for Swapna Barman to secure a decent social life and adequate financial support to carry on her dream goal to win a medal in Olympics, according to her coach Subash Sarkar.
The six-toe athlete and daughter of a tea garden's casual worker is not lucky enough like Assam's Hima Das and Dutee Chand of Odisha to become overnight "crorepatty" in the absence of clear-cut sports policy in West Bengal, the bearded coach told reporters during a felicitation programme sponsored by the private sector lender
Bandhan Bank. BB CEO Chandra Shekhar Chosh handed over a cheque of Rs 10 lakh and assured full support to the 22-year-old athletics in achieving her goal.