Want to change the colour of my Olympic medal from silver to gold: PV Sindhu
Star India shuttler PV Sindhu on Tuesday said she wants to change the colour of her Olympic medal from silver to gold at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
“I want to change the colour (of the medal) from silver to gold. I would be chasing my dream for that and definitely I hope I would do it,” said the Hyderabad-based badminton player, who had finished second at the Rio Olympics.
Sindhu, who has achieved a career-high global ranking of 2, was made the brand ambassador of the tyre company, which is associated with the Olympic movement, last year.
Bridgestone on Tuesday added four more Indian athletes – shuttler Kidambi Srikanth, London Olympics bronze medallist boxer MC Mary Kom and Rio Games bronze medallist grappler Sakshi Malik and steeplechaser Lalita Babar – to its worldwide brand ambassadors’ list.
Srikanth, who reached a career-best world ranking of two last year after clinching as many as four titles, said he too wants to win a medal at Tokyo after reaching the quarterfinals at Rio Games.
“For me it was a very close quarter final match in 2016 (Olympics), so I want to change the scenario now and go deep into the tournament – go to the final …read more
