M Bimoljit Singh and Wangkhem Sandhyarani Devi entered the semi-finals of the men's and women's Sanshou 60kg wushu competition in the Asian Games in Gunagzhou on Monday.
Bimoljit lost the first round but knocked out Valasith Bouapha of Laos in the second round in the men's Sanshou 60kg quarter-final contest while Sandhyarani beat Manalu Moria of Indonesia 2-0 on points in the women's Sanshou 60kg last eight stage match.
Bimoljit will play Mohammad Seifi in the semi-finals while Sandhyarani takes on P Barckkham of Laos in the last four stage.
Earlier in the day, Sagolsem Somorjit finished a disappointing last in the men's nanquan/nangun all-round nangun wushu competition.
Somorjit finished 15th in a 15-player field with a total score of 7.65.
Huang Guangyuan of China won the gold with a total score of 9.86 while the silver and bronze went to He Jingde (9.74) of Hong Kong and Vietnam's Pham Quoc Khanh (9.68) respectively.
