Asian Games Medallist Roshibina Named Female Wushu Sanda Player of Year by International Federation

January 23, 2024 | Author: News Desk

New Delhi, Jan 23: Two-time Asian Games medallist Naorem Roshibina Devi was on Tuesday named International Wushu Federation’s (IWUF) female athlete of the year in sanda category after a month-long public voting.

The 23-year-old Roshibina, who won a bronze and a silver in the 2018 and 2022 Asian Games, polled 93545 votes to beat Shahrbano Mansouriyan Semiromi (88179) of Iran and Wu Xiaowei (46753) of China.

Roshibina had lost to Xiaowei in the women’s 60kg Wushu sanda event final at the Hangzhou Asian Games last year.