Summary
At the recent interstate competition, they surprised everyone with top national scores.
Their performance earned them spots in the Asian Games, their first appearance at this continental event.
Key Points
4 points1
Anushka Yadav and Sindhushree G. are young athletes who worked hard.
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They took part in an interstate meet, a contest between states.
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They achieved unexpected national marks, better than many expected.
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These results qualified them for the 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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