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Home / News / Sports News / Girls make India proud at 2016 Rio Olympics
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    Girls make India proud at 2016 Rio Olympics

    Rishikesh Malkhede
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    Last updated on Dec 31, 2016, 05:22 pm
    Girls make India proud at 2016 Rio Olympics
  • India sent its largest ever contingent of 117 athletes at the 2016 Rio Olympics held in August 2016.

    The quest for a medal at the Olympics was ended by a wrestler and a shuttler, both girls.

    But there was another girl who made her name in the world stage. Let us look back at some fond memories of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

  • In this article
    Sakshi clinches bronze for India Sindhu becomes youngest Indian to win an Olympic medal Dipa Karmakar narrowly misses a medal Other notable achievements at the games
  • Wrestling

    Sakshi clinches bronze for India

    Sakshi clinches bronze for India
  • 23-year old Sakshi Malik pulled off a sensational 8-5 win after trailing 0-5 in the bronze medal match against Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan in 58-kg wrestling match.

    With this win, she became India's first female wrestler to win a medal at the Olympics.

    Malik was honoured with the 'Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award' just after the Olympics.

  • Badminton

    Sindhu becomes youngest Indian to win an Olympic medal

    Sindhu becomes youngest Indian to win an Olympic medal
  • Young shuttler Pusarla Venkata Sindhu won a silver medal in badminton to become the first woman from India to ever win a silver.

    The 21-year old also became the youngest ever Indian to win an Olympic medal.

    She was defeated by Spain's Carolina Marin in the finals of women's singles event in a hard-fought match which lasted 83 minutes.

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    Dipa Karmakar narrowly misses a medal

  • India's first female gymnast to compete at the Olympics, Dipa Karmakar came extremely close to winning a medal in Women's Vault Gymnastics event. Finishing fourth, she became the fifth woman gymnast in the world to successfully perform 'Produnova', considered to be the hardest vault.

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    Other notable achievements at the games

    Other notable achievements at the games
  • India's first and only individual gold medalist Abhinav Bindra narrowly missed his podium place after finishing fourth in the finals of men's 10m air rifle-event.

    Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna lost in the semi-finals of mixed doubles in tennis.

    Lalita Babar reached the finals of 3000m steeplechase to become the first Indian in 32 years to reach the finals of track-events. She finished 10th.

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