Asian Games 2026: Roshibina Devi Wins Historic Wushu Silver

By: Women Entrepreneurs Review Team | Thursday, 24 September 2026

Indian wushu athlete Roshibina Devi created history at the Asian Games 2026 in Nagoya on Thursday by winning silver in the women’s 60kg sanda event. The Manipuri athlete became the first Indian wushu competitor to win medals at three consecutive Asian Games, extending her remarkable run that began in 2018.

Key Highlights:

• Roshibina Devi wins silver in the women’s 60kg wushu sanda event
• She makes history as the first Indian wushu athlete to medal at three successive Asian Games
• India adds its 11th wushu medal to its Asian Games tally in the discipline

Competing at the Aichi Prefectural Martial Arts Hall, Roshibina lost 0-2 to China’s Zhang Xiaoyu in the final. The Chinese athlete dominated both rounds, with all five judges awarding her the rounds. Roshibina therefore settled for silver, continuing her search for a maiden Asian Games gold.

The 25-year-old had reached the final after defeating Indonesia’s Thania Kusumaningtyas 2-0 in the semi-final. She had earlier secured her place in the medal rounds with a quarter-final victory over Macao’s Chu Man Sin.

Roshibina’s latest podium finish adds to a sequence of three Asian Games medals. She won bronze at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games, followed by silver at Hangzhou 2023, before claiming another silver in Nagoya. She had also lost the 2023 final to China’s Wu Xiaowei.

Her achievement makes her the first Indian wushu athlete to medal at three successive editions of the continental Games. She is also only the second Indian to win an Asian Games silver in wushu, after Wangkhem Sandhyarani Devi finished runner-up in the women’s 60kg sanda event at the 2010 Guangzhou Games.

Roshibina’s journey to Nagoya was itself marked by a late change to India’s squad. She was initially left out after losing the selection trials to Divyanshi Choudhary. However, she was later included after Divyanshi withdrew due to an ACL injury.

The athlete from Bishnupur district in Manipur said the circumstances created distractions before the Games but credited her coach and support team for helping her remain focused. She also acknowledged that she had limited preparation time before competing in Nagoya.

Roshibina began training in wushu in 2012 at the SAI NCOE Imphal under coach Maibam Premkumar Singh. She later established herself internationally, winning a junior World Championships bronze in 2016, a 2019 South Asian Games gold, and a silver at the 2023 World Wushu Championships.

Her silver in Nagoya was India’s only wushu medal at the 2026 Asian Games. It also took India’s overall Asian Games wushu tally to 11 medals: one gold, two silver and eight bronze.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Roshibina for her achievement, while Defence Minister Rajnath Singh praised her consistency. Although gold remained out of reach, her third successive Asian Games medal placed Roshibina among India’s most accomplished wushu athletes.