Indian badminton icon P V Sindhu and the men hockey team created history by winning women singles bronze medal and reaching semifinals at the Tokyo Olympics today. Sindhu played aggressive badminton to beat He Bing Jiao 21-13, 21-15 in the third-place match at the Musashino Forest Plaza in Tokyo.
This was the second bronze medal for Sindhu, who became the first Indian woman to win back-to-back medals at the Olympic Games. She had secured her first Olympic medal with a silver at the 2016 Rio Games. Sindhu also became the fourth women singles player to win medals at two successive Olympics.
The men hockey team entered Olympic semifinals after a gap of 49 years, trouncing Great Britain 3-1 in the last quarterfinal match at the Oi Hockey Stadium in Tokyo. Dilpreet Singh (7-FG), Gurjant Singh (16-FG) and Hardik Singh (57-FG) scored the three goals for India, while the lone goal for Great Britain was scored by Samuel Ward (45-PC).