Today is a proud moment for India, Badminton player P V Sindhu bags her first gold at Badminton World Championships beating rival Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in finale held on Sunday in Glasgow. P V Sindhu won with 21-7, 21-7 points against her opponent. The match was played been the two for 38 minutes. This is Sindhu's fifth World Championship medal after winning a silver in Rio games Olympics 2016, followed by yet another silver at Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, Asian Games at Jakarta also got her a Silver medal and last one was at the BWF World Tour Finals.
On this epic news, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to his Twitter handle to congratulate the winner. His tweet read, "The stupendously talented @Pvsindhu1 makes India proud again! 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."
The stupendously talented @Pvsindhu1 makes India proud again!
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 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.
Also following PM Namo's tweet came West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's congratulatory wish on her respective Twitter handle. She tweeted, "I am happy to announce that @AITCofficial has launched @DidiKeBolo , a new initiative to reach out to & connect with every citizen of West Bengal. If you have any message for me, call the number 9137091370. You can also reach out to us through the website http://www.didikebolo.com"
Sindhu and Okukara was the 16th match between the duo. We too congratulate PV Sindhu on her victorious win at Badminton World Championships.
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