Chinese Chen Yu Fei wins the gold medal In the singular female badminton, beating for 2-1 the Taipei standard bearer Tai Tzu-Ying. Bronze for the Indian Pusarla Venkata Sindhu, who in the match for third place triumphed with the score of 2-0 on the Chinese Bing Jiao He.
Chen has therefore conquered a historian record fifth Olympic gold medal in women’s singles for China, but above all the first since London 2012. The winner of the day beat Tzu-Ying, who had finished in ninth place at the Rio 2016 Olympics, in a pulsating match lived to the limit, whose scores in the three matches were: 21-18, 19-21, 21-18.
In the match for the bronze medal, the reigning world champion, the Indian Pusarla Venkata Sindhu, beat the Chinese Bing Jiao He in two consecutive games closed 2-0 with the scores of 21-13 e 21-15. In addition, Venkata Sindhu, silver at Rio 2016, is also the first Indian athlete to win two Olympic medals.
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