Rajkumari Lanchenbi Chanu wins India's first wushu medal at Youth Olympics
The Manipur athlete secured a bronze in the women's Changquan combined event in Dakar, Senegal.
Rajkumari Lanchenbi Chanu became the first Indian to win a wushu medal at the Youth Olympic Games, clinching a bronze in the women's Changquan combined event in Dakar on Tuesday, according to Rediff and The News Mill.
Chanu, who hails from Manipur, scored 18.039 points to finish third. She recorded 9.316 points in Changquan and 8.723 points in Gunshu. She finished behind Egypt's Sondos Sonbol, who won gold with 18.660 points, and Venezuela's Valeria Frannerys Dudamel Alvarado, who took silver with 18.199 points.
The bronze marks wushu's debut as a medal event at the Dakar Youth Olympics. Chanu had previously won bronze in the girls' youth Changquan event at the 2026 World Junior Wushu Championships in Tianjin, China, The News Mill reported.
Chanu's performance brings India's total medal tally at the Dakar Youth Olympics to one silver and two bronze medals. On Monday, Khushbu Rajakbhai Darjada won silver in the women's 63kg judo category, while Dhinidhi Desinghu secured bronze in the women's 100m freestyle.
Desinghu, a 16-year-old from Bengaluru, became the first Indian swimmer to win a medal at the Youth Olympic Games, according to Hindustan Times. She clocked a national record time of 56.27 seconds in the 100m freestyle final.