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Sindhu wins historic bronze; Beats He Bing Jiao to at Tokyo Olympics

PV Sindhu created history on Sunday as she defeated He Bing Jiao of China to become the first Indian woman to win two individual Olympic medals. Sindhu defeated He Bing Jiao 21-13 and 21-15 in the bronze medal match. Sindhu was clinical throughout the contest and didn’t give her opponent any chance in the match. Sindhu had suffered a heart-breaking loss to world no.1 Tai Tzu Ying in the semi-final on Saturday. Sindhu lost the semi-final 18-21, 12-21.

Saturday was a day of heartbreaks as India’s biggest medal hope PV Sindhu crashed out of the Gold medal race with a loss against her Chinese Taipei opposition. Kamalpreet Kaur in Discuss was the big story from Saturday. Participating in her maiden Olympics, she qualified for the Discuss final in the second position. Archer Atanu Das was knocked out and so were Amit Panghal and Pooja Rani in boxing. Another good news was the fact that the Rani Rampal-led women’s hockey team beat South Africa in a must-win match.

PV Sindhu poses with her women’s singles badminton bronze medal at a ceremony during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza in Tokyo on August 1, 2021.

pv sindhu India’s pride,one of our most outstanding Olympian: pm Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed ace badminton player PV Sindhu as India’s pride after she won bronze in the Tokyo Olympics. He tweeted, “We are all elated by the stellar performance by PV Sindhu. Congratulations to her on winning the Bronze at @Tokyo2020. She is India’s pride and one of our most outstanding Olympians.”

Reaction over social media

Within an hour of Sindhu’s historical victory, her name trends over the various social media plateform. #pvsindu lies at the top of twitter trend in india.

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Pusarla Venkata Sindhu

Determination and hard work is all we need to achieve what we want. Anything is possible with sheer dedication. PV Sindhu , the professional badminton player is the example of determination and hardwork.

Being 56 Km away from her coaching camp , she did not fail to report on time every day. This is enough to prove her dedication for badminton

Pusarla Venkata Sindhu was born on 5th July 1995. Both her parents were national level volleyball player . Though born in the family of volleyball players she was always drawn towards badminton. She was a huge fan of Pullela Gopichand ,2001 All England Open Badminton Champion and that’s from where she took the inspiration for playing badminton. She started playing at the mere age of eight. And later on she joined Pullela Gopichand’s Gopichand Badminton Academy. After joining the Academy she won many medals. Seeing her success Pullela himself remarked,” the most striking feature is Pusarla’s game is her attitude and the never – say – die spirit”. What could be more inspirational for Sindhu than the compliment coming from her idol himself?

Sindhu is the first Indian woman to win Olympic silver medal in Badminton and first Indian to become the Badminton World Champion.She was ranked no. 2 in April 2017. This young lady is inspiration for many Indians and the world. She is currently representing India at Tokyo Olympics 2020.