PV Sindhu’s bid to better, or match, her Rio 2016 silver was halted by eventual silver medallist Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the semifinals. But that did not stop India’s badminton serial winner from adding a historic second Olympic medal to her burgeoning trophy cabinet. Shunning the disappointment of the defeat from 24 hours earlier, Sindhu secured the bronze medal with a 21-13, 21-15 win against HE Bing Jiao of the People’s Republic of China. It gave her the distinction of becoming the