Roshibina Devi Achieves Historic Silver at Asian Games

Roshibina Devi Secures Historic Silver

Indian wushu competitor Roshibina Devi has made history by winning her second consecutive silver medal at the Asian Games. She faced off against China's Zhang Xiaoyu in the women's sanda 60 kg final held in Aichi-Nagoya on Thursday. Roshibina, who also earned a silver medal at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, lost both rounds with a score of 0-5, with the Chinese athlete clinching the match 2-0, according to ESPN.

With a previous bronze medal from the 2018 Asian Games, Roshibina has now become the first Indian woman to achieve three consecutive medals in Wushu at the Asian Games. Her remarkable journey in Japan included a victory over the 2023 world champion, Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy from Vietnam. In the semi-finals on Wednesday, she triumphed over Indonesia’s Thania Kusumaningtyas with a score of 2-0, securing her spot in the final.

This achievement marks India's 14th medal at the ongoing Asian Games, which includes one gold and six silver medals, alongside seven bronze medals.

Rowers Contribute Bronze to India's Medal Count

In another highlight, the duo of Satnam Singh and Salman Khan earned a bronze medal in the men's double sculls final on Thursday. They finished with a time of 6:13.25, trailing behind China's gold medalists Yi Xudi and Nie Yide by 3.48 seconds, and 2.76 seconds behind the silver medalists Mekhrojbek Mamatkulov and Pavel Sorin, as reported by ESPN.

Throughout the race, Satnam and Salman held the second position at the 500m, 1000m, and 1500m marks but lost momentum towards the end. At one point, they were only half a second behind the leading Chinese pair.

In the men's singles sculls event, Balraj Panwar finished fourth, narrowly missing out on a medal. He was in second place at the 500m, 1000m, and 1500m checkpoints but was overtaken by Uzbekistan's Shakhboz Kholmurzaev and Japan's Tatsuya Sakurama in the final 500m. Despite maintaining a five-second lead over Sakurama before the final stretch, Balraj finished eight seconds behind him, clocking in at 6:54.80, which was 15 seconds slower than gold medalist Zhiwei Deng from China.