Asian Games gold medal-winning heptathlete, Swapna Barman's priority is now the Tokyo 2020 Olympics where she wants to realise her coach Subash Sarkar's dream by finishing on the podium. "If my sir wants to dream for me, I'm ready to be the part of that dream," said Swapna, who became the first Indian heptathlete to win a gold at the Asiad last month. However, her coach, without being too optimistic, explained that an Olympic medal is a far-fetched dream.

"Swapna has reached the 6,000-mark which is great by Indian and Asian standards, but she has the resources to reach a maximum of 6,400 points. "That should be enough to qualify for the Olympics. To get an Olympic medal, you need to score at least 6,700-6,800 points. At the moment, it's difficult, but nothing is impossible," Sarkar said. Commenting on her coach's observations during a felicitation function here yesterday, Swapna said: "Every athlete dreams of competing in the Olympics and win a medal. You need a coach like mine to excel in what you are doing. I want to follow whatever he says."