The World Badminton Championship is over, but that doesn’t mean the hard work put forth by our champ PV Sindhu has stopped.
India's first badminton world champion Sindhu was given an exuberant welcome on her return to the country which included a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The 2016 Olympic silver-medallist, who out-played Japan's Nozomi Okuhara 21-7, 21-7 in a lop-sided final of the big event in Basel, Switzerland on Sunday.
The five-time world medallist had tears in her eyes when the national anthem played. She had claimed silvers in the past two editions, besides a couple of bronze medals earlier.
"Everybody was wanting this win from me. After Rio Olympics silver medal, the expectations from me is really high. Every time I go to a tournament, everyone expects me to win a gold," Sindhu said.
"After a year I also thought what should I do for it and instead of thinking about others. I thought may be I should just play for myself and give my 100 percent and automatically I win because thinking about others would put extra pressure on me."
The number of days until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is on her mind. This video shows how athletes never stop working to improve their skillset.
Watch Sindhu putting in hard work for the coveted gold medal here!
Video Courtesy: Suchitra Badminton Academy/Instagram
