Khelo India Youth Games 2022: Rising from poverty to fame, Jharkhand's Asha Kiran Barla strikes gold

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], February 10 (ANI): Jharkhand's international middle-distance runner Asha Kiran Barla has been resilient in the face of adversities.

On Friday (3rd February 2023), the 2022 Asian youth champion in 800m from a village near Gumla overcame a knee injury to claim the gold medal in the women's 1500m at the Khelo India Youth Games 2022 in Bhopal.

"The pain in my left knee has been bothering me fo