India won three gold, seven silver and 23 bronze to finish a commendable 10th in the 2009 Asian Martial Arts Games. For India, all the three gold were won by women and two came in kurash, a form of upright jacket wrestling originated in Uzbekistan.
Shally Manral gave India their first gold in the women's 52 kg half-weight category in kurash, while Laxmi Tyagi scored second in the 52 kg low kick kick-boxing. Jaya Chaudhary rounded off India's campaign with a gold in the women's 72 kg half-heavy division in kurash to help the side finish in the top 10 bracket.
Medal summary Medal table
Medalists MedalSportEventName Kurash Women’s Half Lightweight -52 kg Shally Manral Kurash Women’s Half Heavyweight -78 kg Jaya Chaudhary Kickboxing Low Kick -52kg women Laxmi Tyagi Judo Men's -100 kg Half-Heavy Anil Kumar Jujitsu Fighting System (Men -69 kg) Lalit Singh Kurash Men’s Half Middleweight -81 kg Manish Kumar Wushu & Kungfu Men’s Sanshou 52 kg Gulshan Wushu & Kungfu Men’s Duilian Bare Hand Combat Somorjit Saglosem, Roshan singh Namdeibam, Dewan singh Huidrom Wushu & Kungfu Women’s Sanshou 48 kg Sanathoi devi Yumnam Wushu & Kungfu Women’s Sanshou 56 kg Sandhyarani devi Wangkhem Judo Men's -73 kg Light Ramashrey Yadav Judo Women's -48 kg Extra-Light Khumujam Tombi Devi Judo Women's -52 kg Half-Light Kalpana Devi Thoudam Judo Women's -57 kg Light ishram nirupama Devi Judo Women's -63 kg Half-Middle Garima Chaudhary Jujitsu Duo Mixed Sakshi Singh, Lalit Singh Jujitsu Fighting System (Women -55 kg) Sakshi Singh Jujitsu Fighting System (Women -62 kg) Gule surkhab Wani Jujitsu Duo Women Sakshi Singh, Gule surkhab Wani Karate-do Men Individual Kumite -55 kg Laxman Singh Kickboxing Full Contact -75kg men Sanjay madhusudan Kaoted Kickboxing Low Kick -71kg men Arun singh Charak Kickboxing Full Contact -56kg women Heena nasreen Jahan Kurash Men’s Lightweight -73 kg Praveen Thakur Kurash Men’s Half Heavyweight -100 kg Manish Kumar Kurash Women’s Half Middleweight -63 kg Narayan Bhal Paul Muay Thai Men's Fly weight (48-51 kg) Dolan singh Ningthoukhongjam Muay Thai Men's Middle weight (71-75 kg) Balkrishna shekhar Sheety Muay Thai Women's Pin weight (42-45 kg) Mudrika Muay Thai Women's Light Fly weight (45-48 kg) Sarita devi Nongmaithem Muay Thai Women's Light Fly weight (45-48 kg) Harbansh kaur Sandhu Muay Thai Women's Light weight (57-60 kg) Mamta Verma Wushu & Kungfu Women’s Duilian Apparatus Combat Sapna Devi Yumlembam, Ayapana toshibala Ngangom, Sanathoibi chanu Angom
References
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