Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju Congratulates World Champion P V Sindhu

New Delhi, August 27, 2019:

Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday greeted Indian badminton sensation P V Sindhu, who had recently made the country proud by nabbing gold at the World Badminton Championship.

Taking to Twitter, he wrote, "Honoured

 

" data-mentioned-user-id="2720868859">@Pvsindhu1 who created history and made India proud by winning the World Badminton Championship for the first time! My best wishes to her in her pursuit to bring more glory to India"

 

The Arunachal Pradesh MP also congratulated her father and coach, P Gopichand. In another post, he wrote, "Also extended honour to

 

" data-mentioned-user-id="2720868859">@Pvsindhu1 's father PV Ramana, coach P. Gopichand & Kim from the Govt and BAI President

 

" data-mentioned-user-id="131188226">@himantabiswa ji."

Sindhu extended her gratitude to the Union Minister, saying, "It was a pleasure meeting you sir, thank you so much for ur support.."

Rijiju also handed the ace shuttler a cheque worth Rupees 10 lakhs.

Earlier, P V Sindhu became the first Indian to clinch Gold at the World Badminton Championship held at Basel, Switzerland.

Beating her opponent Nozomi Okuhara of Japan for 21-7 in the Women’s Singles Final, P V Sindhu created history and carved India’s mark at the international level.

Expressing her joy at the historic win, the badminton queen thanked the crowd for supporting her. She also mentioned that the moment was extremely important for her as it came after losing to Okuhara for the past two years.

Sindhu dedicated her win to her mother as the day coincides with her mother’s birthday. She also thanked her coaches Gopichand and Kim Ji Hyun and all her staff members for supporting her.

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