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PV Sindhu wins the heart of the rival: Here's how she made her rival cry through her remarkable gesture!

By alagu, 02 August, 2021
PV Sindhu, Tokyo Olympics 2021, Olympics, India

PV Sindhu has touched a feat that no Indian woman athlete has touched so far and besides being flooded with commendations over her glorious history and dominance in the Olympics, the young doyen of badminton in India has now won the heart of the rival, by whom her golden dream had come to an end. Sindhu's remarkable gesture and generosity had made her rival, Chinese Taipei's shuttler Tai Tzu Ying, break into tears through her support and arm around her. 

Chinese Taipei's shuttler world no 1 Tai Tzu Ying has defeated PV Sindhu in the straight games of the semifinals of the women's individual badminton competition on Saturday and advanced to the finals. In finals, Ying has taken on China's Chen Yufei for the gold battle. However, Ying has lost the finals and settled for the Silver medal while Sindhu took the medal podium by winning the Bronze medal, the second medal for India in the Tokyo Olympics. 

After knowing that Ying has lost the match, Sindhu has braced her and extended her support which had made Ying cry. Ying took to Instagram and revealed how Sindhu has won her heart by making her cry through her incredible gesture. As Sindhu vividly knows what it's like to miss out on the gold medal, Ying said that Sindhu had embraced her after the match and extended her support and encouragement. Ying's post has been going viral on social media with thousands of users had lauded Sindhu for solacing the rival. 

Ying said in an Instagram post, "After the match, I was satisfied with my performance. Later, PV Sindhu ran over and hugged me, held my face, and told me: I know you are unconfrontable and you did very well, but today was not your day. Then she held me in her arms and said she knows all about it." "That sincere encouragement (from PV Sindhu) made me cry. I was really sad because I tried really hard. Thank you again for your support for encouragement. Thank you all for walking with me till now", Ying added. 

Sindhu's gesture has raised many eyebrows across and beyond the borders for observing sportsmanship with the rival. On Saturday, Sindhu was defeated by Ying in the semifinals, which had ended India's hopes of securing the country's first-ever gold medal in Badminton. After getting out of the semifinals, PV Sindhu took on China's He Bing Jiao and defeated her, and assured her a Bronze medal, the second medal for India. 

Though Sindhu settled for the Bronze medal, she has become the first woman athlete to win two Olympic medals in the consecutive Olympics and the second Indian athlete to attain such a feat after wrestler Sushil Kumar - who the first Indian to win Olympic medals - Bronze in the 2008 Beijing games and Silver in the 2012 London games. It must be noted that Sindhu has won the Silver medal in the 2016 Rio games. PV Sindhu expressed that winning the Bronze medal in Tokyo Olympics was tougher than winning a Silver at the 2016 Rio Games.

Sindhu has been bestowed with the Bronze medal in women's individual badminton competition and brought cheers for her country for the second consecutive time, etching a history by becoming a prominent woman athlete of India at the Olympics. With her victory, India has got three medals in Tokyo and all three are from women. While the two medals -Silver (Mirabai Chanu) and Bronze (PV Sindhu) were awarded, boxer Lovlina Borgohain has assured the medal and her match on August 4 would reveal where she will stand on the medal podium.

Though there was intense pressure on her on Sunday compared to the scale at the 2016 Rio games, Sindhu has greatly managed and after triumphing over her Chinese rival, Sindhu said that there were a lot of emotions going through her head after losing the semifinals to Tai on Saturday but she worked hard to focus on the job at hand. She said, "It makes me feel really happy because I have worked hard so many years. I had a lot of emotions going through me - should I be happy that I won bronze or sad that I lost the opportunity to play in the final? But, overall, I had to close off my emotions for this one match and give it my best. I think I have done really well. It's a proud moment getting a medal for my country".

 

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