Rio 2016: From PV Sindhu's silver to Sakshi Malik's comeback, India's most memorable moments at Olympics
India won two medals at Rio Olympics and missed out on a few by inches, here are the most memorable moments for the Indian contingent at Rio Olympics.


PV Sindhu at 21 became the youngest to win an Olympic medal, a silver which was never achieved in badminton for India. AP

Sakshi Malik ended India's long medal wait at Rio Olympics after she defeated Kyrgyzstan's Aisuluu Tynybekova in the bronze medal match. AP

India's Kidambi Srikanth put up a good show in men's singles badminton and reached quarterfinals. But he went down fighting against London gold-medallist Lin Dan of China in the quarters and bowed out of Olympics. Reuters

India's first female gymnast Dipa Karmakar missed out on a bronze medal by 0.15 points but her clean finish in the high-risk Produnova vault won the hearts of a nation. Reuters

Mixed doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna lifted India's medal hopes before losing to the Czech duo of Radek Stepanek and Lucie Hradecka in the bronze play-off. Getty Images

Abhinav Bindra in his fifth and final Olympics came close to a medal but finished fourth after being edged out by 0.5 points in the shoot-off against eventual silver-medallist Serhiy Kulish of Ukraine. AP

Already out of medal contention, Dattu Baban Bhokanal finished 1st in the Final C of men's single sculls to finish 13th overall at the Rio Olympics. Getty Images

Archer Atanu Das fought valiantly but ultimately went down 4-6 against South Korea's Seungyun Lee in men's Individual 1/8 Eliminations. Reuters

In boxing, Vikas Krishan provided a ray of hope before being outclassed in a tough quarter-final match-up against Bektemir Melikuziev. AP
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