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In the 2024 Olympics in Paris, Sindhu won both her games in group M but lost in the round of 16 to He Bingjiao of China, the same player she had beaten in the 2020 Games bronze medal match. [148] At the end of the year, Sindhu won the 2024 Syed Modi International title beating Wu Luoyu of China in the final. [149]
The other two medalists from 2016, silver medalist P. V. Sindhu of India and bronze medalist Nozomi Okuhara of Japan, both qualified with Top-10 rankings. P. V. Sindhu was also the reigning world champion and the only one of the three former Olympic medalists to be medalled again where she won the bronze medal.
P.V. Sindhu and Sharath Kamal were the flag-bearers for the opening ceremony. Manu Bhaker and P. R. Sreejesh carried the Indian flag during the closing ceremony. India won six medals including a silver and five bronze to be ranked 71st amongst the 206 NOCs that participated in the Olympics.
Badminton is a popular sport in India. It is managed by the Badminton Association of India which is associated with Badminton Asia and Badminton World Federation.. Indian shuttlers Prakash Padukone, Srikanth Kidambi, Jwala Gutta, Saina Nehwal, P. V. Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, H. S. Prannoy, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have all ranked in the world's top ten.
En route to the finals she beat 3 seeded players Chen Yufei, P. V. Sindhu and Ratchanok Intanon. However she finished second-best after losing the final to Tai Tzu-ying. [ 107 ] She won her second gold in Commonwealth Games women's singles after beating P. V. Sindhu in the final [ 108 ] and led the Indian team to another gold medal in the mixed ...
The Olympic rings mounted on the Eiffel Tower is illuminated in Paris on June 28, 2024. Credit - The Yomiuri Shimbun/The Associated Press. T he Paris Summer Olympic Games are coming to an end this ...
The second season began on 22 December 2016 and came to end on 14 January 2017 with the Chennai Smashers headed by P. V. Sindhu clinching the title in the finals. The third season began on 23 December 2017 and came to end on 14 January 2018 with Hyderabad Hunters headed by Carolina Marín emerging as the champions.
Yamaguchi competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics as the number four seed. [64] Just like the last edition, she was defeated in the quarter-finals. She lost against P. V. Sindhu. [65] Yamaguchi became the Denmark Open champion for the second time by besting her rival from South Korea, An Se-young. This was also her second super 1000 title. [66]