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 now after changing into India’s first Asian Video games medal winner in Blended 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 idea 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 acquired 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 combat of the bronze. So, I wished to get a medal for my nation, so that individuals 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 acquired a second likelihood to signify 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




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