TIL Desk Sports/ P V Sindhu became the country’s first-ever woman silver medal winner in the Olympic Games after coming second best against world champion Carolina Marin of Spain in a pulsating clash for the gold in the badminton singles on day 14 of competition.
However, India continued to face setbacks on the athletics track and in men’s wrestling in which Sandeep Tomar got eliminated in the first round after medal hope Narsingh Yadav was ejected from the Games Village without getting on the mat following the CAS ruling to ban him for four years for a doping violation back home in June.
Narsingh had been exonerated by the National Anti-Doping Agency after a hearing at home to put him on the flight to Rio but the World Anti-Doping Agency challenged the verdict in the Court of Arbitration for Sports, and a marathon four-hour hearing was held before he was thrown out of the Olympics. It was heartbreak time for Sindhu whose dream to win what would have been only the second individual gold medal for India in Olympics history was dashed as she went down with guns blazing against the world no. 1 Spaniard in the final.
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