Sisters Pooja (16) and Priyanka Pandhari Bhopi (14) have won medals galore at the District Sports Office divisional athletic championships at Priyadarshini Park. Their feat is even more remarkable given that the girls from Thane Rural District have done so without any help from their parents.

Pooja Bhopi during the 800m event of the DSO divisional Athletic C’ships with a bandage across the soles of her feet at Priyadarshini Park yesterday. Pics/Suresh KK