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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]
Indian athletes have appeared at every edition of the Summer Olympic Games since 1920 and the Paris Games edition marked India's 26th appearance at the Summer Olympics. The Indian contingent consisted of 110 athletes who competed in 16 sports. P.V. Sindhu and Sharath Kamal were the flag-bearers for the opening ceremony.
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.
The badminton women's singles tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place from 11 to 20 August at Riocentro - Pavilion 4. The seeding was decided on 21 July 2016. [1] The event was won by then two-time reigning world champion Carolina Marín of Spain who defeated P. V. Sindhu of India in the final.
P. V. Sindhu 21: 21: J1 P. V. Sindhu 21: 22: L1 Akane Yamaguchi 13 20 K1 Kim Ga-eun 17 18 L1 Akane Yamaguchi 21: 21: J1 P. V. Sindhu 18 12 P1 Tai Tzu-ying 21: 21: M1 Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 12 19 Bronze medal match N1 Ratchanok Intanon 21: 21: N1 Ratchanok Intanon 21: 18 18 G1
[81] [82] Shuttler P. V. Sindhu became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal and the youngest Indian woman medalist after she won a silver medal in badminton. [82] [83] Sakshi Malik became the first Indian female wrestler to win an Olympic medal with her bronze medal in the women's freestyle 58 kg category.
P. V. Sindhu 21: 12 15 J1 Nozomi Okuhara 11 21: 21: K1 Akane Yamaguchi 21: 17 10 J1 Nozomi Okuhara 19 10 Third place M1 P. V. Sindhu 21: 21: M1 P. V. Sindhu 22: 21: E1 Li Xuerui w / o: P1 Wang Yihan 20 19 J1 Nozomi Okuhara
Olympics bronze medalist Mary Kom with young sportsperson. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, P. V. Sindhu became the first ever Indian woman to win a silver medal at the Olympics. She reached the Women's singles badminton final, which she lost to Carolina Marín of Spain on 19 August 2016. [10] She also became the youngest Indian to win an Olympic medal.