PV Sindhu will enter her third consecutive Olympics with the intention and hope of successful a medal.Picture Credit score: PTI

PV Sindhu. The title that has emerged as the most important identification of Indian badminton within the final decade. The place that Saina Nehwal gave to badminton in India, particularly ladies’s singles, Sindhu took it to new heights. Recognized for her tall stature and talent to beat her opponents together with her quick returns, Sindhu has been India’s greatest hope on this occasion for a few years. Whether or not it’s Olympics or Asian Video games or World Championship, Sindhu has been India’s strongest contender. Sindhu, who performed her first Olympics on the age of 21, will now enter her third Olympics with the intention of scoring a hat-trick of medals and can assist fill India’s bag.

Sindhu is likely one of the many shiny disciples of former veteran participant Pullela Gopichand, who has been getting ready a brand new and gifted crop of badminton gamers in India for the final 17-18 years. Like Saina Nehwal, Sindhu additionally discovered the language of badminton from the Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad and improved herself on this recreation. This younger daughter of fogeys who play volleyball on the nationwide stage additionally selected the sport and clearly the household gave full help, whether or not it was going to the coaching camp about 56 kilometers away early within the morning, or reaching out to help in several tournaments.

India’s first world champion

Sindhu, who began taking part in badminton on the age of simply 8, first gained recognition on the nationwide stage within the 2012 China Masters, when she shocked everybody by defeating London Olympics gold medalist Li Xuerui. Then in 2013, Sindhu actually got here into the eyes of the nation and the world, when on the age of simply 18, she made it to the semi-finals of the World Championship and created historical past by successful the bronze medal. She was solely the second Indian and the primary Indian girl to win this medal. After this, she gained 2 silver and 1 bronze once more and at last grew to become the primary Indian to win the World Championship gold medal in 2019.

Probability to make historical past in Olympics

Sindhu did wonders in her first Olympics itself. Sindhu made it to the finals with a sensational efficiency in Rio 2016 Olympics. Right here she misplaced to Carolina Marin of Spain and missed the gold however she grew to become the primary Indian participant to win a badminton silver within the Olympics. Sindhu’s brilliance was seen once more within the Olympics, when she returned with a medal in Tokyo 2020. Nonetheless, this time too the gold didn’t come, whereas the colour was additionally modified however with the bronze medal she grew to become solely the second Indian athlete (after Sushil Kumar – 2008, 2012) to win medals in two completely different Olympics. Now in Paris, she will be able to turn into the primary Indian to win 3 Olympic medals.

Aside from all this, Sindhu has additionally gained 2 gold medals in Commonwealth Video games, one in singles (2022) and one in blended workforce (2018). She has additionally gained two silver and one bronze medals in these video games. She has additionally gained one silver and one bronze medal in Asian Video games. Sindhu has additionally gained many Masters and Tremendous Collection titles. She has reached quantity 2 in BWF rankings.

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Sindhu will as soon as once more be the centre of Indian hopes on the Olympics. The Paris Olympics can be much more particular for her as a result of for the primary time she would be the flag bearer of the Indian contingent on the opening ceremony. She has not been in a position to carry out properly for the final 2 years and has been eradicated within the early rounds of many massive tournaments or has missed the finals. Health has additionally not supported her throughout this era. Regardless of this, if there’s one factor badminton followers know greatest about Sindhu and might guess on, it’s the star shuttler’s potential to carry out in massive occasions and there’s nothing larger than the Olympics.