Neeraj BaliChandigarh, Sept. 25 -- In a small home in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district, Kesari Devi sat glued to a television screen as her daughter Seema Kumari raced thousands of kilometres away in Japan. Every lap brought more anxiety. Minutes later, the woman from a remote hill village was watching her daughter stand among Asia's best.
Seema's bronze in the women's 10,000 metres at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games was more than another medal for India. For her family in Reta village of Churah, it marked the culmination of a journey that began far from professional tracks and sophisticated training facilities.
The 25-year-old clocked 32 minutes 50.05 seconds on Thursday to secure India's first Asian Games medal in the women's 10,000 metr...