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Tokyo Olympics 2020: PV Sindhu creates history to win Bronze medal, India got its second medal in Tokyo
Tokyo Olympics 2020: India's star badminton player PV Sindhu won bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics 2020 by defeating B.J. He of China 21-13, 21-15. This is India's second medals so far in Tokyo Olympics 2020. Earlier Mirabai Chanu won the Silver Medal for India in weightlifting.
PV Sindhu easily defeated China's B.J. He in just 52 minutes.
PV Sindhu is the first Indian woman to won two Olympic medals
PV Sindhu became the first Indian woman player to win two consecutive medals in the Olympic Games. And with this she is the second athlete from India to do so after wrestler Sushil Kumar.
PV Sindhu had earlier won a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and Wrestler Sushil Kumar won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics.
Chen Yufei of China won the gold medal in badminton
PV Sindhu won the bronze medal while Chen Yufei of China won the gold medal. She defeated Tai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei 21-18, 19-21, 21-18 in the final to capture the gold medal. Tai Tzu-ying defeated PV Sindhu to make it to the final match.
Important facts for upcoming exams from the above Current Affairs Topic
- PV Sindhu was born: 5 July 1995 (age 26), Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India (now in Telangana), India
- Full Name of PV Sindhu: Pusarla Venkata Sindhu
- Height of PV Sindhu: 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
- Weight of PV Sindhu: 65 kg (143 lb)
- Coach of PV Sindhu: Park Tae-sang
- PV Sindhu Career Records: 344 wins, 148 losses
Medal Records of PV Sindhu in the Olympic Games
- 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics: Silver Medal
- 2020 Tokyo Olympics: Bronze Medal
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