India's Wushu exponents bagged an impressive four bronze medals here yesterday, but were still a tad disappointed as they felt that the colour of their medals should have been better. Naorem Roshibini Devi, Santosh Kumar, Surya Bhanu Partap Singh and Narender Grewal all lost their semi-finals in the Sanda event either to a Chinese or an Iranian opponent.

India's chief coach Kuldeep Kumar Handoo told mid-day that the refereeing was not in favour of his team. "We have been doing well in Wushu in the recent past but somehow the referees cannot bear to see our successes. Or maybe they cannot believe that we have improved to such an extent that we are now capable of beating the Chinese and the Iranians, who have traditionally dominated the sport," Handoo said immediately after the four consecutive defeats in the semi-finals yesterday.