Indian shuttler P V Sindhu with her silver medal
P V Sindhu's gallant and maiden attempt to win a coveted gold medal for India ended in heart-break when she went down fighting against Spain's Carolina Marin and settled for a silver in the women's singles badminton competition of the Rio Olympics on Friday (August 19).
The 21-year-old Indian crumbled under the relentless pressure created by Marin to lose 21-19, 12-21, 15-21 in a pulsating final that lasted for an hour and 23 minutes at the Riocentre.
‘Congrats for the Silver @Pvsindhu1. Very well fought. Your accomplishment at #Rio2016 is historic & will be remembered for years,’ India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted to congratulate the silver medalist.
Sindhu said she is happy to win a silver in the women's singles badminton event. ‘I'm really proud about it. I'm really happy. I could not win the gold. But I really worked hard. It was anybody's game,’ said Sidhu after the game.
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