Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 11:23am on 23 Sep 2026,Wednesday Sports
Indian wushu star Roshibina Devi Naorem advanced to the women’s 60kg Sanda final at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya on September 23. She defeated Indonesia’s Thania Kusumaningtyas 2–0 in the semifinal, securing at least a silver medal for India. Roshibina will now face China’s Zhang Xiaoyu in the gold-medal bout on Thursday. The Manipur athlete has already won silver at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games and bronze at Jakarta 2018. Her latest final appearance guarantees another Asian Games medal and gives her an opportunity to win her first Asian Games gold. (PC: PTI)