Sindhu defeated World No. 2 Wang Yihan and Japan’s World No.6 Nozomi Okuhara on her way to the finals, but was defeated by the current World Champion Carolina Marin 21-19, 12-21, 15-21 in what as a closely-contested match.
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Gopi was at hand to console Sindhu as she came out of the court. With a Silver medal in her kitty at Rio Olympics, Sindhu has also become the first Indian woman to win a silver medal and the youngest Indian to win an Olympic medal.
Sindhu did not have her phone during the last three months. “And I am very happy about it”. “I hope that in the coming months and years, she will get even better”. “And today it was she”, Sindhu stated candidly.
Ramana, a former volleyball player and an Arjuna awardee, said with some disappointment that Sindhu will have to learn to be more aggressive in her behavior on the court. He made Sindhu have ice cream and all the food she was kept away from for a long time. She came back from behind to take five points on trot to win the first set at 21-19.
On Thursday August 18, we announced Carolina Marin’s ranking as the number one badminton player, according to the Badminton World Federation Women’s Singles 2016. Wrestler Sakshi Malik won bronze, becoming the first Indian women to win a medal in wrestling while gymnast Dipa Karmakar’s performances have also drawn praise from fans and experts across the sub-continent.
“I’m on cloud nine”.
Magical Sindhu united a cricket-loving nation to cheer for badminton with her battle for gold in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
She was up against world champion, Carolina Marin known as the “Rafa Nadal” of badminton in her country who won Spain’s first badminton title.
“I am really happy”.
As the match continued, Marin came more and more into her own and after leveling matters in convincing fashion, there was only going to be one victor.
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In athletics the Indians, a host of whom had taken the flight to this Brazilian city through the qualification process, continued to flounder in the face of quality of competition much beyond their reach.
