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Tokyo: Star Indian shuttler P V Sindhu clinched the bronze medal after beating world no 9 He Bing Jiao of China in the women’s singles third-place play-off, here on Sunday.
Sindhu outclassed eighth seed Bing Jiao 21-13 21-15 in over 53 minutes at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza court to add to her Rio 2016 silver.
With this win, she became the first Indian woman, and second Indian after wrestler Sushil Kumar, to win two individual Olympic medals.
Sushil had won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and a silver at the London edition.
