{"id":3235,"date":"2016-04-26T03:00:40","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T21:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=3235"},"modified":"2016-04-26T03:00:40","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T21:30:40","slug":"pv-sindhu-silver-medal-badminton-asian-games-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=3235","title":{"rendered":"PV Sindhu\u2019s Asian Games Silver is Worth Its Weight in Gold For India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cJ<\/span><\/p>eetega bhai jeetega, India jeetega\u201d chants echoed inside Jakarta\u2019s Istora Gelora Bung Karno arena, as <\/span>PV Sindhu<\/span><\/a> took on world number one Tai Tzu-ying of the Chinese Taipei at the Asian Games badminton final. A few years ago, hearing a robust Hindi chant in an international arena might have been unthinkable. But thanks to the meteoric rise of the sport in the last few years, fans have flocked in large numbers to back our shuttlers across the world. <\/span>\n\nAnd PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal, both of whom have won historic medals at the 2018 Asian Games, have been the sport\u2019s shining ambassadors. Sindhu settled for a silver, while Nehwal for a bronze. But being in the semis of women\u2019s <\/span>badminton<\/span><\/a> alone had ensured their entry into history books. Their individual journeys and accolades are no doubt inspiring \u2013 but what they mean for India and for the sport goes far, far beyond those solo pursuits. <\/span>\n\nMinutes before the women\u2019s singles final got underway, Tai Tzu-ying watched her male counterpart Chou Tienchen narrowly losing the gold to local boy Jonatan \u201cJojo\u201d Christie of Indonesia in the men\u2019s singles final. Tai seemed to be in no mood to let that repeat, putting in a dominating performance and taking the game away in straight sets. With the full force of her superior technical ability and strong net game led by deceptive drop shots, she didn\u2019t let <\/span>Sindhu<\/span><\/a> breathe. One wouldn\u2019t expect anything less from a world number one. <\/span>\n\nPV Sindhu motored on with steely determination and attacking gameplay, winning points in patches but also being forced into unforced errors by the Taipei shuttler. Toward the end of the first game, Sindhu flung her racket in the air with frustration after missing a net shot she would\u2019ve otherwise aced in her sleep. It summed up her final: It wasn\u2019t to be <\/span>PV Sindhu\u2019s<\/span><\/a> day. \u00a0<\/span>\n\nBut even on an off day, PV Sindhu ended up creating history after defying physics on court over the years. She became the first Indian shuttler to win a badminton silver medal at the Asian Games, an astounding achievement. For some on social media, however, it was a let-down, for we suffer from \u201c<\/span>Sharma ji<\/span><\/a> ka ladka syndrome,\u201d expecting our champions to win gold medals everywhere, all the time, no matter what the conditions. It is something fans just expect from PV Sindhu now: We innately know she is among the absolute best in the world.<\/span>\n\n

At 23, she has already left her mark at the World Championships, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, Summer Olympics, and the BWF, Super Series events.<\/blockquote>\n\nWhen you get beaten by a prime <\/span>Carolina Marin<\/span><\/a> or Tai Tzu-ying, there is only so much you can do, for these are the top shelf in women\u2019s badminton, people who are capable of annihilating their opponents. We can be fairly certain that Sindhu will also return the favour pretty soon when they inevitably match up again at future tournaments.<\/span>\n\nHowever, the fact that Sindhu now has the pressure of a billion expectations tells us a lot about how far she has come in her career \u2013 where a silver medal isn\u2019t enough for us anymore. That\u2019s an honour that used to be reserved for <\/span>Sachin Tendulkar<\/span><\/a>, the leading man in a sport that Indians are obsessed with. We now save some of that cheering, some of that glory for Sindhu. <\/span>\n\nThe fact that some badminton record tumbles every second week seems normal. A Super Series title or a World Championship medal are quickly celebrated and forgotten. However, it is important to pause and reflect, for none of these are ordinary feats. In an extremely competitive individual sport dominated by a handful of countries for a long time, Indian shuttlers have hit the ground running. Sindhu has managed to do something very few in the game have been able to pull off, breach the Chinese wall consistently. Whether it is Nozomi Okuhara, Wang Yihan, or Carolina Marin, Sindhu has adapted her game and got the better of all of them after initial setbacks. It is this never-give-up fighter spirit on court that has come to define her game. \u00a0<\/span>\n\nAnd she is only just getting started. <\/span>\n\nAt 23, she has already left her mark at the World Championships, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, Summer Olympics, and the BWF, Super Series events. With the grit, determination, and long hours of training that shaped her <\/span>childhood<\/span><\/a> years, it is inevitable that she will dominate the circuit and win more medals and accolades \u2013 as well as land on lists like <\/span>Forbes\u2019<\/span><\/a> ranking of the highest earning female athletes in the world.<\/span>\n\nBut most of all, her biggest achievement that cannot be quantified in either medals or money, is what Sindhu has accomplished for the sport in India. Millions of young girls around the country might be inspired to pick up a racket and dream of becoming a world champion. <\/span>\n\nFor that alone, her silver is worth more than its weight in gold.<\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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