The trio notched a few firsts for India; Sindhu, at 21, became the youngest to win an Olympic medal, a silver which was never achieved in badminton; and Sakshi’s bronze was also a first for women’s wrestling.
BADMINTON:
# P V Sindhu secured a silver medal after losing to Carolina Marin in the women’s singles final.
# Saina Nehwal failed to progress beyond the league stage in women’s singles.
# Kidambi Srikanth lost in the men’s singles quarterfinals against Lin Dan.
# Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa failed to advance to the knock—out stage of women’s doubles.
# Men’s doubles pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy also failed to make the knock—out stage.
WRESTLING:
# Sakshi Malik won bronze in women’s 58kg freestyle.
# Vinesh Phogat retired after suffering an injury in the quarterfinal of women’s 48kg.
# Babita Kumari lost in the pre-quarterfinal round of the women’s 53kg freestyle.
# London Olympics bronze medallist Yogeshwar Dutt lost in qualification round of men’s 65kg freestyle.
# Sandeep Tomar lost his pre-quarterfinal bout of men’s 57kg freestyle.
# In Greco-Roman, both Ravinder Khatri and Hardeep Singh lost in the pre-quarterfinals of 85kg and 98kg, respectively.
# Narsingh Yadav was ruled out from representing India in men’s 74kg freestyle category after he was slapped with a four-year ban by Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) for flunking a dope test after WADA challenged the clean chit given to him by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA).
GYMNASTICS:
# Dipa Karmakar finished fourth in Vaults final.