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India settle for two bronze medals in the wushu event of the Incheon Asian Games. Sanathoi Devi Yumnam settled for a bronze medal in the women’s 52-kg Sanda event after she went down 0-2 to China’s Zhang Luan in the semifinal on Tuesday. The 25-year-old Manipuri fought hard against her formidable Chinese opponent but came a cropper, as the latter proved too good for her. Sanathoi Devi – the twice World Championship silver medallist (2013 World Championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and 2011 World Championship in Ankara, Turkey) – can draw solace from the fact that she is the country’s lone women player to bag a wushu medal at the Asiad.
Earlier in the quarterfinal, Sanathoi Devi had got the better of Mongolia’s Sangidorj Amgalanjargal 2-0. She had defeated Mubarak Kamalova of Uzbekistan in the pre-quarterfinal.
Narender Grewal also had to settle for a bronze after he lost to Jean Claude Saclag of Philippines in the semifinals of the men’s 60-kg Sanda event. The 20-year-old Indian, who started his career as a wrestling before taking to wushu, overpowered Pakistan’s Abdullah 2-0 in the quarterfinal bout. Narender had prevailed over Nepal’s Tharu Mangal Prasad in the pre-quarterfinals.
India’s wushu campaign had begun on a disappointing note with 2013 World Championship bronze medallist Wangkhem Sandhyarani Devi bowing out early losing to Thi Ly Tan of Vietnam in the women's 60kg Sanda event. Santosh Kumar – another 2013 World Championship bronze medallist – bite the dust losing to Rizaidin Railin of Kazakhstan in the men's 56kg Sanda pre-quarterfinal.
