2023 Asian Games: Indian athlete deletes questionable tweet after calling fellow Indian ‘Transgender’

The Indian contingent has been doing the nation proud in the ongoing 2023 Asian Games. India’s medal tally has already crossed 50 with each and every athlete making history. In the middle of such glorious times, there is a huge controversy that has erupted.

Indian athlete Swapna Barman has courted controversy for her rather questionable tweet. The 26-year-old though took down the tweet but not before fans caught her in the act. What made this act even more sad was the fact that the athlete she wrote about is also an Indian.

As of the 9^th day of the event, India already has 13 Gold Medals. The Indian contingent has also won 21 silver medals and 22 bronze medals. The People’s Republic of China leads the medals tally by a comprehensive margin.

Swapna Barman posts controversial tweet and deletes it later–

26-year-old Swapna Barman is part of the Indian contingent for the 2023 Asian Games She recently took part in the heptathlon event and finished fourth. Swapna missed the bronze medal and this did not sit down well with her.

The Indian athlete took to Twitter and posted a rather insensitive and questionable tweet. Swapna wrote “I have lost my Asian Games bronze 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”

Swapna Barman (Source-Twitter)

The tweet was later deleted but many fans had to grab a screenshot of the same. India’s Nandini Agasara won the Bronze Medal in what was a huge moment for Indian athletics. Swapna Barman won the gold medal during the last Asian Games which was held in 2018.

The 26-year-old had spoken to BRIDGE and had once exclaimed “Transgender athletes, who have testosterone levels above 2.5, cannot compete in events over 200 meters. No girl can come up in a heptathlon so fast. I have trained for 13 years in this, it is impossible that she trains for four months and gets to this level”

Indian Men’s Cricket Team will start their campaign on Tuesday. Ruturaj Gaikwad and his side will face Nepal in the quarter-finals. The Nepal team had created history recently against Mongolia on their way to a famous win. The Indian women’s team has bagged the gold already by beating Sri Lanka in the final.