Indian wushu athlete Roshibina Devi Naorem secured the silver medal in the women’s 60kg Sanda competition at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan. She finished second after losing 0 2 to China’s Zhang Xiaoyu in the final.
The result gives Roshibina her third consecutive Asian Games medal. She had previously won silver at the Hangzhou Games in 2023 and bronze at the Jakarta Palembang Games in 2018.
In rowing, India’s Satnam Singh and Salman Khan claimed bronze in the men’s double sculls event. The Indian duo remained in second position until the 1,500 metre mark but dropped to third during the final 500 metres.
China’s Yi Xudi and Yide Nie secured the gold medal, while Uzbekistan’s Pavel Sorin and Mekhrojbek Mamatkulov finished with silver. Satnam had earlier won bronze in the men’s quadruple sculls at the Hangzhou Asian Games.