Asian Games  : Four medals assured from wushu players

Asian Games  : Four medals assured from wushu players

FPJ BureauUpdated: Wednesday, May 29, 2019, 06:52 AM IST
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Jakarta : India were on Tuesday assured of at least four medals in wushu competition of the Asian Games with all but one of them reaching the semi-finals here.

Five Indians took the field in different categories of sanda competition and four won their respective events to be assured of at least a medal each.

Naorem Roshibini Devi was the first on the day to book a semi-final berth after beating Mubashra of Pakistan 2-0 in the women’s sanda 60kg quarter-finals.

Santosh Kumar then beat Phithak Paokrathok 2-1 of Thailand in a tight quarter-final fight of the men’s sanda 56kg category. He will meet Truong Giang Bui of Vietnam in the semi-finals.

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