PV Sindhu make history in Rio Olympics 2016
by Kapil Khera
On Friday evening, a 21-year-old became the first Indian woman to win a silver medal at the Olympic Games.
Ninth seeded shuttler PV Sindhu, lithe and lethal on court, also became the youngest Indian ever to win an Olympic medal.
In a riveting 84-minute game, she fought like a tigress before going down to the world champion Spaniard Carolina Marin in the women’s badminton final.
On Wednesday, female wrestler Sakshi Malik had ended India’s medal drought at Rio: she picked up the bronze in the 58kg women’s wrestling category, becoming the first Indian female wrestler and the fourth Indian woman to win an Olympic medal.
Last Sunday, Dipa Karmakar, India’s first female gymnast at the Olympics, just lost out on a medal, finishing fourth in the women’s vault gymnastics, and winning the hearts of a nation.
“After a miserable first week full of teary near-misses and a few underwhelming sub-scripts, a gymnast, a wrestler and a badminton player were to spark the 2016 Olympics to life for Indians,” says sports writer Sharda Ugra.
Source:- BBC.com