Union Sports Minister Mandaviya congratulates Roshibina, Satnam-Salman for medals at Asian Games 2026

New Delhi [India], September 24 (ANI): Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya congratulated Wushu athlete Roshibina Devi and rowers Satnam Singh and Salman Khan for his or her medal wins on the ongoing Asian Games. 

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

Posting on X, Mandaviya congratulated Roshibina, writing, ‘Heartiest congratulations to Naorem Roshibina Devi on successful the Silver Medal in Women’s Sanda 60kg on the #AsianGames2026. #Cheer4Bharat’

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Congratulating Satnam and Salman for his or her rowing bronze, he wrote, ‘Heartiest congratulations to Satnam Singh and Salman Khan on successful the Bronze Medal in Men’s Double Sculls on the #AsianGames2026. #Cheer4Bharat’. 

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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.

Having already received a 2018 Asian Games bronze, Roshibina turns into the primary Indian lady to win three back-to-back medals in Wushu on the Asian Games.

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 received a gold, including the sixth silver to the tally. India has additionally received 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 through the closing 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)