India’s Naorem Roshibina Devi won the silver medal after a 0-2 defeat against local heavyweight Wu Xiaowei in the women’s 60kg wushu sanda final at Hangzhou Asian Games on Thursday. Roshibina found the going tough against the local favourite allowing the Chinese to get off to a strong start. After two rounds, Wu was declared winner by the judges. The aggressive first round began with a splendid take down of Roshibina as Wu tried her opponent to get off the mat, reported PTI. 

The Manipuri athlete tried to bounce back as she got her hold of Wu’s leg to push her out to the edges but the same did not yield a favourable result as round one belonged to the Chinese with a 1-0 lead.

A watchful Wu sealed the issue with an attack on Roshibina Devi’s torso in the second round, the PTI report added. 

Following her victory, Roshibina said she was happy but regretted not winning a gold medal. She also dedicated her win to the people of Manipur. “I am feeling good about winning the silver medal but I am also a little sad about not being able to bag a gold medal,” she said, as per ANI.

“This Silver medal is dedicated to the people of Manipur. I tried my best in this game. I will rectify the faults I made in this game and play better. I will train harder for the upcoming World Championships in November,” says Roshibina Devi Naorem, who won Silver medal in Wushu… pic.twitter.com/fU8CXwKK19

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“This Silver medal is dedicated to the people of Manipur. I tried my best in this game.  I will rectify the faults I made in this game and play better. I will train harder for the upcoming World Championships in November,” she added.

Roshibina had bagged a bronze in the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta. 

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India’s Men’s Team Wins Gold In 10 Metres Air Pistol

Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Singh Cheema and Shiva Narwal also registered their victory on Thursday as they won a gold medal in men’s 10m air pistol event with two marksmen also making it to the individual finals. 

The trio’s aggregate score was 1734, just one better than the Chinese team, which settled for the silver medal, while Vietnam, with a score of 1730, bagged the bronze.

Sarabjot and Arjun also made it to the eight-shooter finals and will contest for individual medals. 

So far, Indian shooters have won four gold, four silver and five bronze medals.