India's Roshibina Devi Naorem overcame the fears of riots back home in Manipur, the disappointment of not seeing her teammates at the Games - three Indian wushu athletes from Arunachal Pradesh were denied visas by China - to get silver in the women's 60kg event at the Hangzhou Asian Games. She lost the final match to local favourite and gold medal favourite Wu Xiaowei of China 0-2 on Thursday. 

This was Roshibina's second Asian Games medal after the bronze in the 2018 edition in Jakarta. This was India's second individual silver medal in wushu at the Games after Wangkhem Sandhyarani Devi had finished second in the final at the Guangzhou Games back in 2010 in the same weight category.

Roshibina wh earlier said, “I want to win for my three friends who could not make it here,” feels her performance will grow the popularity of the game in India. 

Nyeman Wangsu, Onilu Tega and Mepung Lamgu are the three athletes from Arunachal Pradesh who were denied visa by Chinese authorities to travel for the Hangzhou Games. Onilu is Roshibina's sparring partner.

“Wushu is a small family in India and all of us are quite close. I wish to dedicate my success to my parents and fellow athletes who are not here. I want to win for Onilu, Nyeman Wangsu and Mepung Lamgu. That will be my gift to them,” said Roshibina, who took up wushu in 2012 and was included in the junior national camp in 2016. 

That was not the only concern Roshibina has had to deal with. Hailing from Manipur's Kwasiphai Mayai Leikei village in Bishnupur district, which is about an hour's drive from Imphal, Roshibina has been in regular touch with her parents not to share the joys of her training routine at Games village but to know about their wellbeing. Manipur has been gripped by violence ethnic violence for about four months now. “There’s nothing I can do. All I can do is stay away from negativity and pray for them,” she said. Her parents are farmers and also participants in the protest. “My father regularly goes to protest while my mother often keeps an overnight vigil with others to keep our village safe from miscreants. Our house is close to a police station, but I hear even the police are under threat there,” she said.