Rajkumari Lanchenbi Chanu won a bronze medal in the women's Changquan wushu event at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games on Tuesday. She finished third with 18.039 points. This success gave India its third medal at the Games, marking a proud moment as wushu made its debut as an official sport.
Rajkumari Lanchenbi Chanu finished third in the women's Changquan combined final with 18.039 points as India secured its third medal at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games.
Rajkumari Lanchenbi Chanu won the bronze medal in the women's Changquan combined event in wushu at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Senegal on Tuesday.
Chanu finished third in the final with a combined score of 18.039 points, registering 8.723 in Gunshu and 9.316 in Changquan.
The result marked India's third medal at the ongoing Youth Olympics, following Khushbu Rajakbhai Darjada's silver in the women's 63kg judo event and Dhinidhi Desinghu's bronze in the women's 100m freestyle swimming competition on Monday.
Chanu had entered the final after finishing second in the preliminary round with 17.982 points, behind Egypt's Sondos Sonbol, who topped qualification with 18.386.
The medal also marked a major achievement for the country's Wushu fraternity, as the sport made its debut as an official medal sport at the ongoing Games in Dakar.