Summary
They ran at a big competition between different states and did better than many people thought.
Because of their great scores, they will now go to the Asian Games, a huge sports event in Asia.
Key Points
4 points1
Anushka Yadav and Sindhushree G. are young athletes.
2
They competed in an interstate competition.
3
They achieved national‑level scores.
4
They qualified for their first Asian Games.
New Words to Learn
9 wordsadversity
hard times or problems
overcome
to beat or get past a problem
odds
chances or how likely something is
record
to write down a result
unexpected
not expected, a surprise
National marks
scores that are good for the whole country
Asian Games
a big sports competition with many countries in Asia
inter‑State meet
a competition between different states
unheralded
not well known
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