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

Indian shuttler PV Sindhu defeated Chinas He Bing Jiao 2113 2115 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 Sindhus spectacular performance Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed Sindhu as Indias pride after she won bronze in the Tokyo OlympicsPM 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 Indias pride and one of our most outstanding OlympiansWe are all elated by the stellar performance by Pvsindhu1 Congratulations to her on winning the Bronze at Tokyo2020 She is Indiarsquos pride and one of our most outstanding Olympians Tokyo2020 pictwittercomO8Ay3JWT7qmdash Narendra Modi narendramodi August 1 2021President Ram Nath Kovind also congratulated the bronze medalist shuttler for her consistency dedication and excellenceP V Sindhu becomes the first Indian woman to win medals in two Olympic games She has set a new yardstick of consistency dedication and excellence My heartiest congratulations to her for bringing glory to Indiamdash President of India rashtrapatibhvn August 1 2021Union 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 amp made history Tokyo2020 An Olympic medalist twice over Third place medal India Flag of India is so proud of you amp awaits your return YOU DID IT sicSMASHING VICTORY PV Sindhu You dominated the game amp made history Tokyo2020 An Olympic medalist twice over India is so proud of you amp awaits your returnYOU DID IT pictwittercomkpxAAYQLrhmdash Anurag Thakur ianuragthakur August 1 2021Defence Minister Rajnath Singh too wished Sindhu for her win at Tokyo OlympicsFantastic game by Indiarsquos Badminton player Pvsindhu1 Congratulations to her for the Bronze medal in the Olympics She has made the country proud on several occasions by achieving remarkable success Today she has done it again TokyoOlympics2020mdash Rajnath Singh rajnathsingh August 1 2021Congress MP Rahul Gandhi also sent his wishes for the athlete He wrote Big congratulations to PV Sindhu for winning the second medal for IndiaBig congratulations to PV Sindhu for winning the second medal for India Tokyo2021 Bronzemdash Rahul Gandhi RahulGandhi August 1 2021Nirmala Sitharam Union Finance Minister appreciated the perseverance of Sindhu for her hardfought victoryCongratulations Pvsindhu1 on winning the bronze medal in the OlympicsYour perseverance is a motivationTokyoOlympics OlympicGamesmdash Nirmala Sitharaman nsitharaman August 1 2021Kiren Rijiju the former sports minister took to microblogging site Twitter and called PV Sindhu Indias prideIndia strikes 3rd Olympic Medal at Tokyo2020 Very proud of you Pvsindhu1 on winning Bronze your 2nd Olympic medal and making India proudCheer4India pictwittercomXImJ2oJNLbmdash Kiren Rijiju KirenRijiju August 1 2021Also Read Tokyo Olympics PV Sindhu wins bronze medal beats Chinas He Bing JiaoEven though I was leading I did not relax SindhuReflecting 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 gameIt makes me feel really happy because Ive 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 Im really happy and I think Ive done really well Its a proud moment getting a medal for my country she said as per Badminton World Federation BWFWith inputs from agencies