Roshibina Devi secures third straight Asian Games medal

Naorem Roshibina Devi secured at least a bronze medal at the 2026 Asian Games on September 22, becoming the first Indian wushu athlete to medal at three consecutive editions after defeating Macao’s Chu Man Sin 5-0 in the women’s 60kg Sanda quarterfinal. She is scheduled to face Indonesia’s Thania Kusumaningtyas in the semifinal on September 23, with a victory sending her into the gold-medal bout. The quarterfinal win guaranteed Roshibina a place on the podium before the semifinal. She won bronze at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and silver at the 2023 Games in Hangzhou. Her latest result extends that run, with the color of her 2026 medal still to be determined. Roshibina began her campaign by defeating Bangladesh’s Shika Khatun in the preceding round, then beat Chu to advance to the last four. The semifinal matchup with Kusumaningtyas is set for September 23. A reported start time of about 3 p.m. Indian Standard Time is an estimate and depends on the bout scheduled before it. The result follows a selection dispute involving Divyanshi Choudhary, who had won the women’s 60kg Sanda selection trial and was initially named to India’s squad.