255: What Makes PV Sindhu’s Gold in BWF A Big Deal for India - a podcast by The Quint

India's badminton star PV Sindhu has been turning heads with her game since she began but on 25 August, she took it to new heights. It's been 42 years since the Badminton World Championships began in 1977 and India finally bagged its first gold
For sports fans and even for those who aren't this game has been big for India and not just Sindhu because became the first Indian to win badminton World Championships gold by beating arch-rival and a higher-ranker Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in a lop-sided summit clash in Switzerland.
For those who don't follow badminton this year hasn't been a great one for India in terms of titles. And PV Sindhu has bit of a bitter history with Okuhara from two years back when she lost to her at Glasgow in one of the best games, but she turned around all that in this game. PV Sindhu started attacking from word go, dominated the proceedings throughout and created the history by winning 21-7, 21-7 inside 38 minutes. In this episode of The Big Story we speak with sports commentator and analyst Novy Kapadia about what makes this match one of the greatest badminton games. Tune in!

Further episodes of The Big Story

Further podcasts by The Quint

Website of The Quint