Remember Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying, who crushed PV Sindhu’s dream for an Olympic Gold medal in Tokyo, has revealed how an incredible gesture by the Indian star shuttler had made her cry.
Tai Tzu Ying, who had to settle for a silver in the finals after losing to China’s Chen Yufei in three games 18-21, 21-19, 18-21, took to social media to reveal that PV Sindhu’s extraordinary gesture left her in tears.
She wrote, “Sharing a little story, I was satisfied with my performance after the game, and then Sindhu came over and hugged me, held my face, and told me: I know you’re sick, you’ve already shown Good, just not your bureau today.”
Tai continued, “Then she held me in her arms and said: She knew it all. The kind of sincere encouragement that made me cry.. It’s really too sad because it’s really hard to try.”
The revelation by Tai shows the true character of the Indian star, who had to settle with a bronze medal. Here was a player, who had crushed her dreams for an Olympic Gold, and yet she was there to console her for losing the finals.
Sindhu had to go through the same heartbreak after lost the women’s singles final of badminton in Rio, five years ago. Sindhu defeated China’s He Bing Jiao to win a bronze medal at Tokyo. She has become the first Indian badminton to win two back-to-back medals in Olympics.