Meanwhile, shuttlers Saina Nehwal, Jwala Gutta, Kidambi Srikanth, shooters Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang, ace tennis players Sania Mirza, Leander Paes all failed to perform at their absolute best and ended up making a disappointing exit from the Games.
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Number of celebrities from Bollywood, Kollywood and Tollywood like Big B, Deepika Padukone, Akshay Kumar, Dhanush, Rajinikanth, Alia Bhatt and Farhan Akhtar posted their congratulatory message for her.
Sindhu said throughout the campaign, she never thought of the medal but insisted she believed in herself to deliver. I am not a very rich person. When I came to final, I told myself just one match to go and you could win a gold medal.
Sindhu, overwhelmed with the attention on her return home, said she was grateful to her parents for all their sacrifices.
It was after eleven days of agonising wait when wrestler Sakshi finally broke India’s medal drought by clinching bronze in woman 58kg category wrestling event.
“Sakshi started the account for us and later Sindhu became the first Indian woman to win a silver medal”.
India, as nation obsessed with Cricket surprisingly enchanted in an unanimous voice for PV Sindhu and cheered for her. Rio Olympics witnessed a great amount of girl power this year, with female athletes breaking records and setting whole new level of milestones. Down 0-5 at half-way stage, Sakshi pulled off a heist in the final moments of her bronze-medal bout. So, I am giving what I can. I knew I would win if I lasted till six minutes. The first Indian to qualify for a gymnastics final, she attempted the Produnova (with a difficulty score of 7.0) for her second vault.
Adversity brings the best out of you, provided you are prepared to fight and Kidambi Srikanth showed ample of that quality in his quarterfinal match against two-time defending champion Lin Dan in the men’s singles badminton match at the Rio Olympics.
She wasn’t close to the world’s best but she was certainly competitive in a sport where Indians still haven’t found icons beyond PT Usha and Milkha Singh – the two veterans who continue to be the faces of athletics even decades after their feats. Many said I am role model.
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ShuttlerPV Sindhu and gymnast Dipa Karmakar were given a rousing reception on Monday by the common people as well as their state governments after they came back from the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, where they made India proud by their stellar performance.
