Suchika Tariyal assures India maiden MMA medal

Aichi-Nagoya, Sept 20 (UNI) At 36, when many athletes would be contemplating the twilight of their competitive careers, Suchika Tariyal is instead writing a new chapter for Indian combat sport. The Indian scripted Asian Games history on Sunday, storming into the women's Traditional MMA 60kg semifinals with a 2-0 quarterfinal victory over Mongolia's Altanchimeg Baigalmaa and, in the process, assuring India its first-ever medal in Mixed Martial Arts. With MMA making its Asian Games debut at Aichi-Nagoya, Tariyal's semifinal berth guarantees her at least a bronze and puts India on the podium in a discipline in which the country had…