3 Top Performances Of PV Sindhu Ahead Of Paris Olympics 2024
PV Sindhu became the only Indian badminton player to reach two successive Olympic Games.
PV Sindhu has been the face of Indian badminton. The ace shuttler from Hyderabad has enthralled her fans with exciting games. She has been one of the most successful sports persons from India and one of the most decorated ones.
Sindhu featured in the top 20 of the BWF World ranking in September 2012, at the age of 17.
The 28-year-old has won a total of five medals at the BWF World Championships.
The ace shuttler is only the second woman after China’s Zhang Ning ever to win five or more singles medals in the competition.
She also won the 2018 BWF World Tour Finals and remains the only Indian player to win a season finale title.
As PV Sindhu prepares for the Paris Olympics 2024, let us have a look at the top 3 performances of the badminton star.
Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games 2020
Sindhu became the first Indian badminton player to reach the final in the Olympics. She bagged a silver medal at the 2020 Rio de Janeiro Olympics after losing out to Spain’s Carolina Marín.
However, it was an emotional moment for Sindhu and India to have won the coveted medal in the summer games that they had been deprived of in the category.
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Tokyo Olympic Games 2020
PV Sindhu became the only Indian badminton player to reach two successive Olympic Games. She clinched a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. In the semi-final match she went down against Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-ying. However, she emerged victorious in the bronze medal match against He Bingjiao of China.
With the bronze medal win, Sindu became the only Indian to win two back-to-back Olympic medals. She might well become the first Indian to pull off a hat-trick of medals at the Olympics.
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Commonwealth Games 2022
PV Sindhu won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. It was her maiden Commonwealth gold medal in the women’s single event. She defeated Michelle Li of Canada in the final.
With this victory, Sidhu became only the second women’s singles player to win a full set of medals at the Commonwealth Games.