“The fight, the willingness, the fire, everything was evident as Pusarla Venkata Sindhu was playing in the Badminton women’s singles Final”. We won the first gold medal for the Chinese badminton team at this Olympic Games so we are excited. “There were simple errors from my side”, she explained. In the second game, I believed that I could do it. Sindhu though kept herself within a touching distance of Carolina at 14-16.
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Won her third successive women’s singles title at the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold in November 2015. So, was it for Sindhu. He shared a picture of him and the shuttler with a a caption, “Saw d finals on tv with my mom and told her I hv a picture with Sindhu. All I can tell them is, ‘hard luck, but well played'”.
Further appreciating the efforts of Sindhu’s coach for providing such extraordinary training he added “I would give the entire credit to P. Gopichand, he gave unbelievable training to Sindhu”.
Congratulating Sindhu, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said she played like a star and her medal is “the most precious jewel in the Crown of Mother India today”. A bronze medallist would get Rs 50 lakh.
We at IBTimes UK take a look at the top five career moments of the Rio 2016 Olympics silver medallist.
So, Gold in Tokyo 2020?
Congratulations have poured in for Sindhu for winning the Silver medal.
With no Indian woman ever having won an Olympic gold, Sindhu was now hot property and it seemed everyone, from reporters to Indian businesswoman and socialite Nita Ambani, wanted to hug her or take a selfie with the daughter of former volleyball players.
Sindhu thus became the fourth Indian to win a silver at the Olympics after shooters Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (2004, Athens) and Vijay Kumar (2012, London) and wrestler Sushil Kumar (2012, London). KCR in a statement said Sindhu is pride of India in particular of Telangana.
Sindhu had the attention of her entire nation.
The Chief Minister also appreciated the efforts of Gopichand.
“This is a dream come true, that too in my first Olympics”. I think she has developed a lot in this tournament.
After Sakshi Malik won the bronze medal in wrestling on Thursday, Sindhu’s silver was India’s second medal at Rio and she said that things will be different in her life from now on. Under the guidance of former All-England badminton champion Pullela Gopichand, Sindhu has come a long way.
Indian Coach P.Gopichand was facing Double pressure than the player with a Racquet.
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Showing her giant-slaying ability, the two-time World Championship bronze medalist ousted three players ranking better than her en route to the final.
