Milk-seller is Chattisgarh’s 1st woman Olympian
Renuka Yadav, a former milk seller from Rajnandgaon, Chattisgarh, has become the state’s first female Olympian, after being selected in the women’s hockey team. The 22-year-old midfielder, whose parents worked as domestic helps, started playing hockey when she was 12. Notably, the Indian women’s hockey team will be competing at the Olympics after 36 years.