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At the 2016 Summer

Olympics, she

became the first

Indian woman to win
an Olympic silver

medal, Saina Nehwal

being the other.

Sindhu came into the
limelight when she

was ranked in the top

20 of the BWF World Ranking in September 2012, when she was just

17 years old. She became the first ever Indian women’s singles player
to win a medal at the Badminton World Championship. In 2015,

she was conferred the Padma Shri.” Shoma sat still for a moment,

heaved a sigh and continued to read: “P. V. Sindhu’s parents played

professional volleyball. Her father had been awarded the Arjuna Award
for his sport. Sindhu was greatly inspired by the success of Pullela

Gopichand in the 2001 All England Open Badminton Champion.

So, she decided to play badminton. She began to play at the age of

eight and first trained under Mehboob Ali at the badminton courts
in Secunderabad. Then, she joined the

Gopichand Badminton Academy. She was limelight the focus of public
attention
praised for always reporting on time for BWF Badminton World

coaching. She would travel 56 km from Federation
conferred granted a title, degree
her home. She put in a lot of hard work or benefit

and was completely committed to excel committed dedicated

in the game. Gopichand appreciated excel perform very well

her never-say-die spirit. She has won appreciated recognised the full
worth of
several medals at various matches and never-say-die spirit not to give

represented India at the international up or get discouraged

level several times.”

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