Roshibina Devi Wins Second Straight Asian Games Silver in Wushu After Replacing Injured Divyanshi Choudhary

Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 03:44am on 24 Sep 2026,Thursday Sports

Indian wushu star Roshibina Devi won her second straight Asian Games silver medal in the women’s 60kg sanda event. She lost 0-5 in both rounds to China’s Zhang Xiaoyu in the final at the Aichi-Nagoya Games. Roshibina replaced Divyanshi Choudhary after Divyanshi suffered a serious knee injury. Roshibina defeated Indonesia’s Thania Kusumaningtyas in the semi-final and also beat Vietnam’s world champion Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy earlier in the tournament. She had also won silver at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games. Her latest medal took India’s tally to 14, including one gold, six silver and seven bronze medals. Roshibina received the Arjuna Award in 2023.  

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