Along with cash award she will be promoted in BPCL.
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“This being Sindhu’s first Olympic game, we are happy with the performance she exhibited”.
But in the end, there was not much that Sindhu could do to stop the fast-track train that is Carolina Marin.
But Sindhu has played a great tournament, beating Japanese Nozomi Okuhara [6] in two sets in the semi, and deserves the recognition of Olympic silver.
Fellow athlete and 2012 London Olympics bronze-medal winning shooter Gagan Narang took to twitter and hailed the heartwarming gesture of P V Sindhu.
Sindhu’s silver medal comes after Sakshi Malik won the Bronze in 48-kg freestyle wrestling event. I think because of him I am here today because I have really worked hard and he had been equally working harder. Sindhu was trailing 6-12 at one stage, but staged a great comeback to clinch the first game that saw many thrilling rallies.
If there is one person and one academy which helped India produce world-class shuttlers and emerge as a badminton hotbed, it’s Pullela Gopichand and his badminton academy.
Sports minister T. Padma Rao met Sindhu in Rio and congratulated her on her historic feat.
Moments after her “silver” win, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan announced Rs 50 lakh as prize money for being the first Indian woman to win a silver medal in badminton at the Olympics, ANI said in a tweet. “She is a real champion and I am proud of her”. There are many players coming up, and many more will succeed. “I will now be recognised as an Olympic silver medallist back home”.
However, Sindhu’s father PV Ramana said the loss in the final will only make Sindhu a better player in future.
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“I had belief that I can do it in the second game but she played extremely well”. She displayed grace and class as she went over to Marin’s side of the court after the match to hug her opponent and lift the 23-year-old who has been dubbed the “Girl Nadal in Spain”. “I’m really proud of my country and now I’ve brought them this”, she beamed.
