#3 PV Sindhu becomes first Indian woman to win a silver medal at the Olympics
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Despite sending a contingent of more than a 120 athletes to Rio Olympics, India was reeling with just one medal in the form of Sakshi Malik, who won the bronze in Women’s Freestyle 58 kg wrestling. Pusarla Venkata Sindhu, a tall and skinny 21-year-old, then decided to take the history book in her own hands and write a chapter titled “Indian female silver medalist.” She became the first Indian woman to win a silver medalist in Olympic history.
Facing a rather difficult draw, Sindhu produced some exceptional badminton when she defeated World No. 2 and Chinese star Wang Yihan in the quarter-final. Gaining confidence from her peformance, the 21-year-old went one step further to go where no Indian woman had gone before when she defeated Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara in the semi-final to guarantee a silver medal. Sindhu lost to a deserving Carolina Marin in the final but created history nevertheless.
