New Delhi: Two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu on Monday expressed happiness for winning gold at the Commonwealth Games badminton women's singles after beating Canada's Michelle Li in straight games in the final. "I'm very happy, waited for this for long. CWG comes once in 4yrs & my set of Bronze, Silver, Gold is now complete. It's imp for an athlete to be mentally & physically fit. Thanks to my coach, physio & trainer," said Sindhu after winning the medal.
"Thanks to sir (PM Modi for his tweet congratulating PV Sindhu). Hoping to meet sir soon; we also have back-to-back tournaments. World Championships coming up next," she added.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated PV Sindhu on winning her maiden Commonwealth Medal.
Prime Minister took to his Twitter handle and tweeted, “The phenomenal @Pvsindhu1 is a champion of champions! She repeatedly shows what excellence is all about. Her dedication and commitment are awe-inspiring. Congratulations to her on winning the Gold medal at the CWG. Wishing her the best for her future endeavors.”
World No. 7 Sindhu also avenged her loss against world No. 13 Michelle 21-15, 21-13 in the semi-finals of the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Sindhu won the bronze medal in 2014, while Michelle managed to win the gold medal. This is Sindhu's ninth win in 11 matches against Mitchell and third individual medal at the Commonwealth Games. She also won a silver medal at the 2018 Gold Coast Games. Sindhu was also a part of the silver medal-winning Indian mixed team in the ongoing Games, which lost to Malaysia in the final.
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Meanwhile, Park Tae-sang coach of PV Sindhu said, "I am very happy. This is her first individual gold medal. We got a silver medal in the team match. I congratulate Sindhu. She recovered from her injury and played very well today."
This is India's fourth medal in the badminton competition of the Birmingham Games. Earlier, Kidambi Srikanth won the men's singles while the mixed team pair of Trisha Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand won bronze medals in the women's doubles, apart from the mixed team silver.