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The trailblazing P V Sindhu smashed her way into history books with a second successive Olympic medal on Sunday. Sindhu secured a bronze medal by beating world no.9 He Bing Jiao of China in the women's singles third place play-off, becoming only the second Indian and the country's first woman to win two Olympic medals. She had won a silver medal at the Rio Games. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed ace badminton player P V Sindhu, said she is India's pride and one of our most outstanding Olympians. (PTI Photo)
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India's foreign badminton coach Park Tae-Sang had worked a lot on Sindhu's defence and motion skills in the run-up to the Olympics and he said the hard work really paid off. (PTI Photo)
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Sindhu also became only the fourth player to win two consecutive medals in women's badminton singles across the Olympic History. (PTI Photo)
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Sindhu showed great fortitude as she recovered from her painful semifinal loss to world no.1 Tai Tzu Ying and produced an aggressive show at the Musashino Forest Plaza. (PTI Photo)
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Up against an opponent, who had beaten her nine times so far in the last 15 meetings, Sindhu showed great determination to outplay Bing Jiao with her aggression to scoop India's third medal at Tokyo. (PTI Photo)
