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.
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PV Sindhu at 21 became the youngest to win an Olympic medal, a silver which was never achieved in badminton for India. AP
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Sakshi Malik ended India’s long medal wait at Rio Olympics after she defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Aisuluu Tynybekova in the bronze medal match. AP
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Indian men’s hockey drew Belgium as their opponents in the quarterfinals and lost comprehensively to make early exit. AP
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Lalita Babar became the second Indian woman to qualify for the final of a track event at the Olympics in 32 years (PT Usha being the previous one in Los Angeles 1984) and finished 10th in the 3000m steeplechase. AP
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