PV Sindhu clinches bronze medal for India
PV Sindhu Vs He Bing Jiao Highlights: PV Sindhu clinches the bronze medal for India after defeating China’s He Bing Jiao 21-13 21-15 in the third place. play-off at Musashino Forest Plaza.
With this, Sindhu becomes the first Indian woman to win two individual medals at Olympics.
Shuttler PV Sindhu on Sunday became the first Indian woman to win two Olympic medals. Sindhu defeated China’s He Bing Jiao in the bronze medal match of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics here at the Musashino Forest Plaza Court 1.
Cometh the hour, cometh PV Sindhu. Once again, under immense pressure with almost a billion eyes on her. India’s PV Sindhu clinches the bronze medal in the Badminton Women’s singles category by beating China’s He Bing Jiao 21-13,21-15. She becomes the first Indian woman to win two individual Olympic medals. Moreover, Sindhu becomes the fourth player to win a women’s singles medal in consecutive games.
Ace badminton player PV Sindhu clinches the bronze medal for India after defeating China’s He Bing Jiao 21-13 21-15 in the third-place play-off at Musashino Forest Plaza on Sunday.
With this, Sindhu becomes the first Indian woman to win two individual medals at Olympics. Wrestler Sushil Kumar is the first and only other Indian to win two Olympic medals, following up his bronze at 2008 Beijing with a silver at the London edition.
Sindhu missed out on chance to win gold or silver as she lost her semifinal match against Chinese Taipei’s. Tzu-Ying defeated Sindhu 21-18, 21-12 in the semifinals.
On Friday, Sindhu had stormed into semi-finals of the women’s singles event after defeating Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi in the quarter-finals.
PM Modi congratulates Sindhu
We are all elated by the stellar performance by @Pvsindhu1. Congratulations to her on winning the Bronze at @Tokyo2020. She is India’s pride and one of our most outstanding Olympians. #Tokyo2020, Modi twit.
PV Sindhu becomes the first Indian woman to win medals in two Olympic games. She has set a new yardstick of consistency, dedication, and excellence. My heartiest congratulations to her for bringing glory to India,” tweeted President Ram Nath Kovind congratulating the shuttler.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao expressed his happiness at Sindhu creating history as the first Indian woman sportsperson to win medals in two successive Olympics, a release from CMO said here.
Extending his congratulations to Sindhu, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy wished her success in future events and to bring laurels to the country and the state.
Andhra Pradesh Leader of Opposition N Chandrababu Naidu also congratulated Sindhu.