Roshibina Devi won silver, coming up short against China’s Zhang Xiaoyu in the Asian Games final

Naorem Roshina Devi of India (PTI Photo) India’s wushu player Naorem Roshibina Devi secured her second straight silver at the Asian Games after losing 2-0 to China’s Zhang Xiaoyu in the women’s 60kg sanda final in Aichi-Nagoya on Thursday.Zhang dominated the title fight, winning both rounds 5-0 to claim the gold medal.Asian Games full coverage | Schedule | Medal totalRoshibina has now become the first Indian woman to win three consecutive wushu medals at the Asian Games. She won bronze in 2018 and silver in 2022 and 2026.The Indian, who also won silver at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, was once again not enough for the Chinese opposition in the final. She lost to China’s Xiaowei Wu in the Hangzhou final.Roshibina enjoyed an impressive campaign in Japan, which saw her win over Vietnam’s 2023 world champion Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy. She booked her place in the final after defeating Indonesia’s Thania Kusumaningtyas 2-0 in the semi-finals on Wednesday.Roshibina’s silver is India’s 14th medal at the ongoing Asian Games, taking her tally to one gold, six silver and seven bronze medals.Earlier on Thursday, Satnam Singh and Salman Khan won bronze in the men’s double sculls final.The Indian pair clocked 6:13.25 to finish third, 3.48 seconds behind China’s gold medalists Yi Xudi and Nie Yide and 2.76 seconds behind silver medalists Mekhrojbek Mamatkulov and Pavel Sorin.Satnam and Salman held second place in the 500m, 1000m and 1500m events, but fell at the finish line. They were just half a second behind the Chinese pair at one stage.In men’s singles, Balraj Panwar finished fourth after missing out on a medal.Balraj remained second in the 500m, 1000m and 1500m before being overtaken by Uzbekistan’s Shakhboz Kholmurzaev and Japan’s Tatsuya Sakurama in the final 500m.He had a five-second lead over Sakurama in the final stretch, but eventually finished eight seconds behind the Japanese rower. Balraj clocked 6:54.80 to finish 15 seconds behind gold medalist Zhiwei Deng of China.