Roshibina Devi clinched a medal after a second chance, her only win since the Asian Games final

Roshibina Devi secured her third consecutive Asian Games medal New Delhi: She was not supposed to be in Aich-Nagoya. Not at the Asian Games. Not in his third consecutive continental event. And certainly not one win away from a place in the women’s 60 kg sanda final.Naorem Roshibina Devi lost fair and square in the selection trials for the Games held in Srinagar in June. Her teammate Divyanshi Choudhary defeated her in the semi-finals to win the trials, earning her an original spot in the Indian wushu team.Asian Games Full Coverage| Schedule| Medal totalRoshibina accepted her fate. After winning bronze at Jakarta 2018 and silver at Hangzhou 2023, it appeared he would miss his third Continental Games.Then came a sudden twist of fate.Divyanshi was subsequently disqualified after the Wushu Association of India (WAI) said an MRI showed a high-grade ACL tear with a large effusion. The Federation replaced her with Roshibina, reopening a door Manipuri thought was firmly shut.And she made the most of it.On Tuesday, Roshibina defeated Macau’s Chu Man Sin 5-0 in the women’s 60kg quarter-final at the Sanda Hall of the Aichi Prefectural Martial Arts Hall to storm into the semi-finals and secure at least a bronze medal. A day earlier, she defeated Shika Khatun of Bangladesh in the preliminary quarter.Now he has the chance to go one step further – and change the color of his medal.The 25-year-old has already changed colors once at the Asian Games. After a bronze in Jakarta, she ended India’s 13-year wait for a wushu silver in Hangzhou when she finished second in the same 60kg sanda event.Now the next medal is certain, her goal is gold.However, her return to the team came amid controversy. Divyanshi, who defeated Roshibina in the trials, contested her replacement and alleged harassment, while the federation denied the allegations and insisted the decision was purely medical.In other matches involving Indian women, Hanjabam Langlentombi Devi finished ninth in women’s Nanquan & Nandao, while Aryan Thakur lost 1-2 to Uzbekistan’s Saydull Aburashitov in the men’s 56kg sando quarter-final.