Along with wrestler Sakshi Malik, who won a bronze on August 18, Sindhu is so far one of the only medalists in this year’s Indian Olympic contingent, the largest the country has ever sent to the games. She lost 21-19, 12-21, 15-21 to world No.1 Carolina Marin of Spain. “It is really an important medal for Spanish badminton”, said Carolina, quite excited and emotional about her achievement.
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Salman Khan had earlier declared he would be giving a cheque of Rs 1,01,000 to every Olympian.
Sindhu s hard-fought silver was India s second medal of the Rio Olympics after female wrestler Sakshi Malik claimed bronze on Wednesday. I have become a great fan of yours. She is one of the products of Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy.
“I thank all Indians for their support”. “I’m really happy for her”, he exclaimed”. India had to reconcile with a silver medal. The World No. 1 closed out the second game 21-12 to take the match to a decider.
And Twitterati agree. They took to the micro-blogging site to share their emotions at seeing Sindhu look past her disappointment to share in Marin’s moment of glory.
The US-based cab-hailing company Uber is celebrating Indian badminton player PV Sindhu’s feat at Rio Olympics 2016.
Marin was told off by the umpire on several occasions about her screaming, while she and Sindhu also engaged in a series of discussions about changing shuttles.
Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara won the bronze medal after London Olympic champion Li Xuerui pulled out with a knee injury that she suffered during the semifinal match against Marin on Thursday. “I told Sindhu not to be unhappy with the defeat in final, but to think that she has won a silver medal”, said Gopichand while speaking to media after the match.
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“Of course, Carolina Marin was a deserving victor as she played exceptionally well”. Win the first Olympic Gold for Badminton for the country? It can be rightly said the Golden girl didn’t lose gold, but she won Silver.
