This bronze medal is greater than my life, I can now die fortunately: MMA fighter Suchika
“I can now die fortunately,” an emotional Suchika Tariyal stated right this moment after changing into India’s first Asian Video games medal winner in Combined Martial Arts.
The 36-year-old Suchika settled for a bronze within the girls’s conventional 60kg blended martial arts occasion as Singapore’s Hui Hoon Teo was awarded the semifinal on the premise of her decrease weight after the 2 fighters drew a fiercely contested bout.
“That is greater than my life. I’ll always remember that I got here to Japan and received a medal for my nation. I can now fortunately die,” Suchika, who hails from Kiloi village in Haryana’s Rohtak district, informed PTI in an unique interplay after her bout.
“I’ve performed within the Commonwealth Video games (2022) in judo, the place I missed the battle of the bronze. So, I needed to get a medal for my nation, so that folks know me. I’m additionally a world champion in Jiu-Jitsu. And I additionally performed Asian Video games in Kurash, however I couldn’t get a medal there. Then I received a second probability to characterize myself right here. I labored very onerous for it,” she stated.
Her inspiration is Olympic bronze winner and six-time world champion boxer Mary Kom.
-PTI
