Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 06:47am on 28 Sep 2023,Thursday Sports
With fresh violence erupting in her home state of Manipur, India's Roshibina Naorem battled worries about her family's safety to win a silver medal in the women's 60kg wushu event at the Hangzhou Asian Games. Hailing from a village near riot-hit Imphal, Roshibina stayed focused despite concerns over the ethnic unrest gripping Manipur for months. She also overcame the disappointment of three teammates being denied visas by China. In the final, Roshibina lost 0-2 to defending champion Wu Xiaowei of China after trying to go on the offensive. This was her second Asian Games medal after the 2018 bronze. Roshibina emulated Sandhyarani Devi's 2010 silver to become India's second individual wushu Asiad medalist.
