Tokyo Olympics: PM Modi, President congratulate PV Sindhu for winning bronze medal

PV Sindhu after winning her bronze medal match. Pic/AFP

Indian shuttler PV Sindhu defeated China's He Bing Jiao 21-13, 21-15 to win bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. With this win, Sindhu becomes only the second Indian athlete to win multiple medals at Olympics. The entire nation went into a frenzy after Sindhu's spectacular performance. Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed Sindhu as India's pride after she won bronze in the Tokyo Olympics.

PM Modi tweeted, "We are all elated by the stellar performance by P V Sindhu. Congratulations to her on winning the Bronze at @Tokyo2020. She is India's pride and one of our most outstanding Olympians."

President Ram Nath Kovind also congratulated the bronze medalist shuttler for her consistency, dedication and excellence.

Union Sports Minister, Anurag Thakur also took to social media site Twitter and hailed the performance of Sindhu. He captioned the tweet by saying, "SMASHING VICTORY PV Sindhu !!! Badminton racquet and shuttlecock You dominated the game & made history #Tokyo2020 ! An Olympic medalist twice over! Third place medal India Flag of India is so proud of you & awaits your return! YOU DID IT ! (sic)."

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, too, wished Sindhu for her win at Tokyo Olympics.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi also sent his wishes for the athlete. He wrote, "Big congratulations to PV Sindhu for winning the second medal for India."

Nirmala Sitharam, Union Finance Minister, appreciated the perseverance of Sindhu for her hard-fought victory.

Kiren Rijiju, the former sports minister, took to microblogging site Twitter and called PV Sindhu India's pride.

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Even though I was leading, I did not relax: Sindhu

Reflecting on her victory, PV Sindhu said she has reaped the reward of years of hard work. Speaking after winning the bronze medal match against He Bing Jao, Sindhu said she had to close her emotions for this game.

"It makes me feel really happy because I've worked hard for 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, my all and think about the emotions. I'm really happy and I think I've done really well. It's a proud moment getting a medal for my country," she said as per Badminton World Federation (BWF).

With inputs from agencies