Sindhu Becomes First Indian Shuttler To Win World Championships Gold
Basel:P V Sindhu on Sunday became the first Indian to win badminton World Championships gold by beating familiar rival Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in a lop-sided final here on Sunday.
The Indian won 21-7 21-7 in the summit clash that lasted just 38 minutes.
Two years after being robbed off the gold by Okuhara in an epic 110-minute final at Glasgow that went down as one of the greatest battles in badminton history, Sindhu finally exorcised the ghost of that heart-wrenching loss with a completely dominating win over the same opponent.
It was Sindhu's fifth World Championships medal -- joint most for a woman singles player with former Olympics and world champion Zhang Ning of China -- to go with the two successive silvers and a couple of bronze medals.
Sindhu has also won an Olympic silver in 2016 Rio Games, a silver at Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, an Asian Games silver at Jakarta and the BWF World Tour Finals last year. PTI
Twitter Celebrates PV Sindhu's History World Championships Win
The stupendously talented @Pvsindhu1 makes India proud again! — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 25, 2019 BWF वर्ल्ड चैम्पियनशिप जीतने के लिए @pvsindhu1 को बधाई। यह पूरे देश के लिए गर्व का क्षण है। — President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) August 25, 2019 Hearty congratulations to PV Sindhu for creating history & becoming the first Indian to clinch Badminton World Championships gold by defeating Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara #BWFWorldChampionships 2019 finals. The entire nation is proud of your stupendous achievement @Pvsindhu1#PVSindhu pic.twitter.com/SaLOV790oh — VicePresidentOfIndia (@VPSecretariat) August 25, 2019 Kudos to @Pvsindhu1 for clinching India’s first-ever gold medal at the BWF World Championships after defeating her Japanese counterpart Nozomi Okuhara. — Amit Shah (@AmitShah) August 25, 2019 Historical achievement by an exceptional player! — Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) August 25, 2019 Amazing performance, @Pvsindhu1! — Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) August 25, 2019 Many many congratulations to @Pvsindhu1 on winning gold at #BadmintonWorldChampionships2019 ?? what a fabulous performance ? — KTR (@KTRTRS) August 25, 2019 We have a WORLD CHAMPION!!! — All India Mahila Congress (@MahilaCongress) August 25, 2019
Congratulations to her for winning the Gold at the BWF World Championships. The passion and dedication with which she’s pursued badminton is inspiring.
PV Sindhu’s success will inspire generations of players.
बैडमिंटन कोर्ट पर आपके जादुई प्रदर्शन, कड़ी मेहनत और दृढ़ता से लाखों लोग रोमांचित और प्रेरित होते हैं। विश्व चैम्पियन! भविष्य के सभी मुकाबलों के लिए मेरी शुभकामनाएँ — राष्ट्रपति कोविन्द
You have made the entire nation proud with your incredible achievement.#BWFWorldChampionships
Congratulations to PV Sindhu for winning the first-ever gold medal for India in BWF World Badminton Championships.
Her historic win will inspire many young girls to actively participate in sports. @Pvsindhu1
Congratulations on becoming the 1st ever ?? to win the BWF World Championships!
You have made India proud, yet again.#BWFWorldChampionships2019 pic.twitter.com/sUYPsVlnLT
May your success inspire many more youngsters to dream big & bring glory to India ?? ✌️
History has been created today.@Pvsindhu1 becomes the first Indian to clinch a gold at the #BWFWorldChampionships2019
Congratulations #PVSindhu pic.twitter.com/KBOcRJYLzR
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