Bronze medalist Pusarla V. Sindhu celebrates during the medal ceremony for the women’s singles badminton match at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo)
Tokyo Olympics: Congratulations poured in from all sides for badminton ace PV Sindhu after winning bronze at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed Sindhu as the pride of India. He tweeted, “We are all delighted with PV Sindhu’s stellar performance. Kudos to her for winning bronze at @ Tokyo2020. She is the pride of India and one of our most remarkable Olympians. Prime Minister Modi also spoke to Sindhu on the phone to congratulate her.
We are all delighted with @ Pvsindhu1’s stellar performance. Kudos to her for winning bronze at @ Tokyo2020. She is the pride of India and one of our most remarkable Olympians. # Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/O8Ay3JWT7q
– Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 1, 2021
In his congratulatory message, President Ram Nath Kovind tweeted: “PV Sindhu becomes the first Indian woman to win medals at two Olympics. It established a new standard of consistency, dedication and excellence. My sincere congratulations to her for bringing glory to India.
PV Sindhu becomes the first Indian woman to win medals in two Olympic games. It established a new standard of consistency, dedication and excellence. My sincere congratulations to her for bringing glory to India.
– President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) August 1, 2021
Sports Minister Anurag Thakur said ace Shuttler made India proud and tweeted: “PV Sindhu’s crushing victory, she made India proud. She has done it twice, the second athlete to do so. Today she dominated the game. One after another, be it Mirabai Chanu, Sindhu, and now we are also expecting (a medal) from Lovlina.
BRILLIANT VICTORY PV Sindhu !!! ????
You dominated the game and made history # Tokyo2020!
A double Olympic medalist! ????
India ???????? is so proud of you and awaits your return!
YOU DID IT ! pic.twitter.com/kpxAAYQLrh
– Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) August 1, 2021
Nisith Pramanik, Minister of State for Sports, congratulated Sindhu on winning a bronze medal at the current Tokyo Olympics and said: “It is a great joy. I want to congratulate her, her family and her trainer. The country’s youth will be motivated by their achievement. I think she will win more medals in the future.
Indian National Badminton Head Coach P Gopichand congratulated PV Sindhu on his second consecutive Olympic medal, ‘brilliant’, said: ‘It is all due to the hard work of his coaching staff and support staff. . I would also like to thank the Ministry of Sports, SAI and BAI.
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The reigning world champion became just the second Indian and the country’s first woman to win two Olympic medals, winning a bronze medal after a back-to-back victory over world number 9 He Bing Jiao of China in the playoffs for third place in the badminton women’s singles. . She won a silver medal at the Rio 2016 Games.
Wrestler Sushil Kumar is the first and only other Indian to win two Olympic medals, following his bronze in Beijing 2008 with a silver medal at the 2012 London edition.
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