Keralite booked her ticket to Asiad glory from Rajkot

Rajkot | Wednesday | 29th August, 2018

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RAJKOT: In the last six-and-a-half years, thousands of passengers have seen her checking their tickets at the exit gate of Rajkot railway station. In fact, her husband and coach Pinto Mathew is also posted in Rajkot division. But I remained calm and did not let the calamity affect my performance.." She also won silver medal in athletic championship in 2017 and in the same year she won silver medal in Asian grand prix athletics. But barely anyone knew that she was India's ace athlete who would go on to make the country proud in the continent's biggest athletic meet - the Asian Games On Monday, the staff of Rajkot railway division jumped with joy as young ticket checker Neena Varakil leapt to glory at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia capital Jakarta. "I was given duty on the railway station instead of moving trains since I had to practice for several hours..