PM Modi hails Roshibina, Satnam-Salman for Asian Games medal wins

New Delhi [India], September 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated wushu athlete Roshibina Devi and rowers Satnam Singh, Salman Khan for his or her bronze medal successful performances on the Asian Games 2026 at Aichi-Nagoya on Thursday. 

Roshibina Devi secured her second consecutive silver medal on the Asian Games, shedding to China’s Zhang Xiaoyu within the girls’s sanda 60 kg last at Aichi-Nagoya on Thursday. Earlier, the pairing of Satnam Singh and Salman Khan secured a bronze medal within the males’s double sculls last on Thursday. 

Posting on X, the official deal with of PMO India hailed Roshibina for her silver, her third successive Asian Games bronze, saying that ‘her consistency, braveness and willpower are really commendable’. 

‘Congratulations to Naorem Roshibina Devi on successful the Silver Medal within the Women’s Sanda 60kg occasion. This is a noteworthy achievement…successful medals in 3 consecutive Asian Games. Her consistency, braveness and willpower are really commendable. Best needs for all future endeavours: PM @narendramodi,’ posted PM Modi. 

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Congratulating the Indian rowers, the PMO India posted, ‘A tremendous efficiency by Satnam Singh and Salman Khan within the Men’s Double Sculls, incomes India a well-deserved Bronze medal. Their composure and coordination stood out. May this achievement encourage them to scale even higher heights within the years forward: PM @narendramodi’

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Roshibina, additionally a 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games silver medalist, misplaced each rounds by a 0-5 scoreline, and the Chinese opponent sealed the match 2-0, as per ESPN.

Roshibina loved a powerful run in Japan, which included beating 2023 world champion Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy of Vietnam.

On Wednesday, Roshibina defeated Indonesia’s Thania Kusumaningtyas 2-0 within the semi-final to safe her place within the title conflict.

This is India’s 14th medal on the ongoing occasion, having already gained a gold, including the sixth silver to the tally. India has additionally gained seven bronze medals up to now. 

Coming to rowing, Satnam-Salman clocked a time of 6:13.25, simply 3.48 seconds wanting China’s gold medalists Yi Xudi / Nie Yide and a pair of.76 seconds behind the silver medalists Mekhrojbek Mamatkulov / Pavel Sorin, as per ESPN. 

Satnam-Salman maintained the second place at 500m, 1000m and 1500m however fell away in direction of the tip. At one level, they have been simply half a second behind the Chinese pair. 

In males’s singles sculls competitions, Balraj Panwar missed out on a medal, ending fourth. Balraj managed to remain second on the 500m, 1000m and 1500m marks, however later discovered himself outdone by Shakhboz Kholmurzaev of Uzbekistan and Tatsuya Sakurama of Japan in the course of the last 500 m stretch, and he misplaced the medal. 

Balraj maintained a five-second lead over Sakurama forward of the ultimate stretch however completed eight seconds wanting him, clocking a time of 6:54.80, 15 seconds behind the gold medalist Zhiwei Deng of China. (ANI)