Special Reporting = India’s badminton star Fusala V Shindu (26), who is coached by former national team coach Park Tae-sang, won the bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Shindu won the bronze medal in the women’s singles bronze medal match in badminton at the Tokyo Olympics held at Musashinonomori Sports Plaza in Tokyo on the 1st, beating He Bingjiao (China) 2-0 (21-13 21-15).
Shindu, who is ranked 7th in the world, succeeded in winning consecutive Olympic medals following the silver medal in the women’s singles badminton at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.
Sindhu became a national hero by winning a silver medal in the history of the Indian Olympics in Rio.
In Tokyo, she tried to win the gold medal, but in the semifinals, she lost to World No. 1 Dai Ziying (Taiwan) and did not reach the final.
However, in the bronze medal match, he won the medal with an overwhelming victory.
Shindu’s dedicated coach is Park Tae-sang (42).
Coach Park, who coached singles players such as Seong Ji-hyun in the Korean national team, received a love call from the Indian national team in 2019 and became an Indian men’s singles coach.
Coach Park, who realized his dream of winning an Olympic medal as a leader in India, was moved by hugging Shindu.
/yunhap news
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