PV Sindhu wins Silver medal at Rio Olympics

a. Geeta Phogat

b. Saina Nehwal

c. Sania Mirza

d. PV Sindhu

 

For the second time, India won an Olympic medal with the victory of ace shuttler PV Sindhu who beat Japan’s Nozomu Okuhara ranked sixth in the world in straight sets spanning 51 minutes 21-19, 21-10.

• She is the first Indian to enter an Olympics badminton final.
• BAI announced INR 50 lakhs for Sindhu after she won the historic silver medal.
• It also announced INR 10 lakh award for coach Pullela Gopichand who trained Sindhu to achieve the feat.
• She lost to Spain’s Carolinia Marin by 21-19, 12-21 and 15-21 in a thrilling final match.
• This is India’s first silver medal in badminton.
• The first medal- a bronze- was won by Saina Nehwal for India in the 2012 London Olympics.
• Padma Bhushan and Dhronacharaya awardee P. Gopichand is credited with her success too.
• Sindhu became the first woman shuttler from India to reach the final of Badminton in the Olympics too.
• She is now the fourth Indian to win a silver at the Olympics after shooters Rajyavardhan Singh Rathor and Vijay Kumar a well as wrestler Sushil Kumar.
• She won the award for India following two silver medals in the 2012 London Olympics and one in Athens 2004.
• The two time World championship bronze medallist also became the fifth woman player from the country to win a medal in the Olympics and the first to clinch a silver.
• Other women players who have won in the Olympics for India include:
• Karnam Malleshwari (2000, Sydney)
• MC Mary Kom (London 2012).
• Saina Nehwal (London 2012) and
• Sakshi Malik (Rio, 2016)
• American Ryan Crouser also broke a record at the Olympics, hurling the longest throw of his life to win the men’s short put final breaking the Olympic record and snatching gold.
• 23-year-old Crouser set the record at 22.52 m shattering Olympic record set by East Germany's Ulf Timmermann in 1988.

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