Indian newspaper front pages on Saturday led with her
historic win, hailing the 21-year-old for boosting the country's Olympic
tally which earlier stood at a single medal, female wrestler Sakshi
Malik's bronze.
“Thank You,” beamed the Indian Express
newspaper, describing her victory “as good as gold” while a Times of
India headline declared “Sindhu shows silver mettle”.
Fans
in the badminton star's home city of Hyderabad in southern India took
to the streets late Friday, cheering and waving national flags as she
was crowned the country's youngest and most successful female Olympian.
In
the 120 years of the modern Olympics, Indian women had only won four
medals – all of them bronze – before Sindhu wrote herself into the
history books by claiming silver on Friday night.
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