@PVSINDHU1, OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALIST – WHAT SHE SAID AND DID AFTER WINNING – A GREAT LESSON

RIO : “I had come here with an aim, of winning a medal. That has happened. Life will definitely change from now. I can already feel it. But for now, I’m just getting used to the idea of ‘Olympic medallist’ next to my name.

Despite all her awesome talent, Carolina Marin doesn’t immediately come across as a popular champion. Maybe she is misunderstood, but the local support in the final was for the Indian, so when Marin won, she dropped her racquet, fell on the court and sobbed, just sobbed. Sindhu, defeated but a moral winner, walked up, put her arms around her and gently lifted the weeping champion. They hugged, Marin still sobbing, Sindhu a picture of precious composure. Then as the Spaniard walked to her coach, she left her fallen racquet behind. Sindhu quietly picked it up and placed it at the winner’s bag before going on to greet her waiting coach, Gopichand. The gesture said a lot, it showed rare silver mettle.