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Updated August 25th, 2019 at 21:12 IST

PV Sindhu wins gold: Politicians wish India's first gold BWF champion

Hailing the new world champion PV Sindhu for winning gold in the World Championship at the BWF World Championship 2019, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi wished him

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Hailing the new world champion PV Sindhu for winning gold in the World Championship at the BWF World Championship 2019, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday, tweeted his wishes congratulating on her won. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee too wished the badminton star for making India proud. Both political leaders expressed pride in the historic nature of Sindhu's achievement. PV Sindhu is the first Indian to win a gold at the World Championship.

Politicians wish PV Sindhu:

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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy too congratulated the new World champion after she defeated her Japanese counterpart Nozomi Okuhara. He lauded Sindhu's performance as she dominated in the match, finishing it like a true champion. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal too expressed his pride in her achievement. He tweeted his salute to the real champion.

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PV Sindhu wins  gold

P V Sindhu on Sunday became the first Indian to win badminton World Championships gold by beating familiar rival Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in a lop-sided final on Sunday. The Indian badminton star won 21-7 21-7 in the summit clash that lasted just 38 minutes. This PV Sindhu's fifth World Championships medal. She shares the record of most medals for a woman singles player with former Olympics and world champion Zhang Ning of China.

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Match details

The Olympic silver medalist had an easy outing against her long-time rival Nozomi Okuhara as she did not have to break a sweat against the world number 4 Japanese shuttler. While Okuhara had defeated PV Sindhu in the final of the same event in 2017, the same was not the case on Sunday. All Okuhara managed to get right on the big day was winning the first point of the first game. After that, it was PV Sindhu all the way as she scored eight straight points. With great difficulty, Nozomi Okuhara managed another point as she trailed Sindhu 11-2 heading into the interval. Post the interval, the Japanese shuttler managed to get five more points but PV Sindhu was way too good for her as she very quickly completed the first set by adding 10 points and thereby, winning the set 21-7.

PV Sindhu wins gold: Sports fraternity hail the new World Champion

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Published August 25th, 2019 at 20:48 IST

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