What Indian athletes did at home, what at Rio 2016 Olympics

INDIA returned with a silver and a bronze from the Olympic Games in Rio, both achieved with barely three days left for the competition to end. But not many recall that the contingent could have claimed a medal on just the second day of the competition.

In the 48kg women’s weightlifting category, Mirabai Chanu had stepped on to the dais with a total lift of 192 kg behind her, a national record achieved just a couple of months before at the selection trials in Patiala. But in Rio, Chanu managed just a single clean lift of 82kg in the snatch segment. The silver in Rio went to Indonesia’s Wahyuni Agustiani — she lifted 192 kg.

PV Sindhu targets World No 1 rank after winning silver at Rio Olympics 2016

                      

Hyderabad: Basking in Olympic glory, star shuttler Pusarla Venkata Sindhu has now set her eyes on the World Superseries, the only trophy missing from her cabinet, while becoming the World No.1 remains her ultimate goal.

The tall 5' 11" silver medallist in women's singles badminton at Rio Olympics is conscious of the fact that she will be the most marked player by her opponents in the upcoming tournaments.

PV Sindhu becomes first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal

PV SINDHU became India’s first woman to win an Olympics silver medal on Friday, creating history and pulling an entire country out of its Games gloom with a stunning display of talent, power and grace.

A nation watched, its billion hearts beating, as the 21-year-old pushed world champion Spain’s Carolina Marin to the edge after building anticipation for Indians across the globe ahead of the biggest showpiece final of the quadrennial for women’s badminton.