Suchika Tariyal, 36, secures Asian Games MMA medal at Aichi-Nagoya
MMA
At 36, Suchika Tariyal secured an Asian Games MMA medal at Aichi-Nagoya.
She became India’s first Asian Games MMA medallist and came within 700 grams of a place in the final.
An eight-time national judo champion and a ju-jitsu world champion, Tariyal had years of setbacks, selection hurdles and changing sports, and her journey was shaped by financial strain, doubts over her age and her husband Kapil Hooda’s unwavering faith.