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Dutt, who endured an injury-plagued season previous year, won a bronze in the 2012 London Olympics through repechage system.
Then in Rio, she came back from a 0-5 deficit to win a thrilling match 8-5 and the bronze medal and made us proud!
At a time when the sporting nation was reeling under a bad run of form that saw its biggest medal contenders fail in their respective disciplines on the Olympic platform, a hard-fought bronze clinched by Sakshi in the 58 kg category of Women’s Freestyle wrestling lifted the spirits by breathing new life into the Indian campaign as we approached the last leg of this year’s edition of the Summer Games.
Sakshi had lost 2-9 in the quarter-finals to Russia’s Valeriia Koblova in the fifth bout of the day before getting a second chance in repechage when her conqueror reached the final. Shuttler Sindhu won silver medal in badminton at Rio.
The trio notched a few firsts for India: Sindhu, at 21, became the youngest to win an Olympic medal, a silver which was never achieved in badminton; and Sakshi’s bronze was also a first for women’s wrestling.
We sent our biggest ever contingent, boasted of returning with a double digit medal tally and got just two medals in the end. “I am very happy for PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik”.
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Simultaneously, tennis continued to have its share of controversies as Paes turned up late for the men’s doubles campaign with Rohan Bopanna. “I am thankful to the entire nation for staying behind our athletes and supporting them”, reported PTI.
A number of world records were also broken at Rio. Meanwhile Usain Bolt won another gold medal in 4x100m to bow out in style.
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It only got better for the 21-year-old as a BMW auto now awaits her. Hyderabad District Badminton Association president V Chamundeswarnath delivered on his promise that a BMW vehicle will be gifted to anyone from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh who wins a medal at Rio. Meanwhile, United States of America (USA) has consolidated its lead by bagging 105 medals.
