Roshibina Devi Takes Sanda Silver, Rowers Win Sculls Bronze

Two Indian medal performances drew messages from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 24 September 2026, both put out by the Prime Minister's Office and shared as posts on X. One was a silver in a combat sport, the other a bronze on the water.

Silver for Naorem Roshibina Devi

Naorem Roshibina Devi won the silver medal in the women's Sanda 60kg event. The Prime Minister called it a noteworthy achievement and pointed to the reason: she has now won medals at three Asian Games in a row. He described her consistency, courage and determination as commendable, and wished her well for everything she takes up next. Sanda is the full-contact fighting format of wushu, in which bouts are held in weight classes, so the 60kg in the name of the event is the category she competes in rather than any score.

Bronze in the men's double sculls

Satnam Singh and Salman Khan earned India a bronze medal in the men's double sculls. The Prime Minister praised the pair's performance and singled out their composure and their coordination, and said he hoped the result would push them to greater heights in the years ahead. The double sculls is a rowing event for a crew of two, in which each rower pulls a pair of oars, so the two athletes share a single boat and every stroke has to be matched.

What a student should take away

• Athlete and event go together in the answer: Roshibina Devi with Sanda, a wushu discipline, and Satnam Singh with Salman Khan in rowing.
• The colour of the medal is asked as often as the name: silver in the Sanda 60kg, bronze in the double sculls.
• The detail worth underlining is the run of medals at three successive Asian Games, which is what the Prime Minister's message singled out.

Messages from the Prime Minister's Office are the route by which such results reach the government's own record, and question papers tend to pick up exactly the pairings of athlete, event and medal that these messages carry.