Five countries won their first gold medal – Kosovo (Majlinda Kelmendi, judo); Fiji (men’s Rugby sevens); Singapore (Joseph Schooling, 100m butterfly); Puerto Rico (Monica Puig, tennis singles) and Vietnam (Xuan Vinh; 10m air pistol).
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Haryana government today announced cash awards for shuttler P V Sindhu, gymnast Dipa Karmakar, sprinter Lalita Babar for their splendid performance at Rio Olympic games.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated the Indian contingent, which participated in the Rio Olympics, and expressed gratitude to Brazil for hosting people from across the world and organising “a memorable Olympic Games”.
The little master was also full of praise for Sakshi Malik, as the grappler became India’s first medallist at the Rio Olympics.
Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday announced Rs 1 crore as award to Olympics bronze medallist Sakshi Malik.
“Sakshi and P.V. Sindhu have been the medallists for us and both displayed enormous courage and determination during their competitions”.
Each indoor stadium would cost Rs 25 crore. In both cases, the tickets will be valid for a year. He had gifted a BMW to Saina Nehwal as well when she won a bronze in 2012. We may be only telling you about these three knowing that one needs to give out three names but truth be told, these teams may have a stretching lead over all others. In fact, Sakshi’s winning move that got her two points initially was challenged by her Kyrgyztan rival and it was reviewed and she was awarded an extra point by the judges much to her rival’s chagrin. “I don’t want to miss that and will be praying for her success”, said Tendulkar, who is Changing Diabetes Ambassador of pharmaceutical major Nova Nordisk. Sindhu has been working with the BPCL since 2013 and is now Assistant Manager (Sports) at its Hyderabad office.
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“Congratulations to my country mates, I could live up to their expectations”, she said.
