Indian Badminton achieved success at the Olympics in 2012 with Saina Nehwal winning a medal at London. That medal gave the sport a new fillip in India and also set a benchmark for other shuttlers. At the Rio Olympics PV Sindhu went one better as she reached the final before going down to Carolina Marin. In a candid conversation with Wion Sports Editor Digvijay Singh Deo, Sindhu traces her journey to that special moment in 2016 and how it changed her life.

Indian badminton player PV Sindhu on WION Broadband Olympic Edition

Indian Badminton achieved success at the Olympics in 2012 with Saina Nehwal winning a medal at London. That medal gave the sport a new fillip in India and also set a benchmark for other shuttlers. At the Rio Olympics PV Sindhu went one better as she reached the final before going down to Carolina Marin. Sindhu had won medals in big tournaments but was determined to change the colour.

WION Broadband Olympic Edition: Indian Badminton player PV Sindhu’s silver lining at Rio 2016

PV Sindhu burst onto the world stage by winning back to back medals at the 2013 and 2014 World Championships. But her journey to the Olympics was stalled by a stress fracture in 2015 which forced her to play without break to qualify for the Rio Games. Sindhu opens up on the detailed preparation that helped her grind down higher ranked players during the Olympics.

WION Broadband Olympic Edition: How PV Sindhu toughened up for Rio 2016

A Brazilian court on Wednesday ordered that the 2016 Rio Olympic Games facilities be closed to the public over safety concerns. Also read: North Korea pulls out of women's football 2020 Olympic qualifier in South Korea The Rio Games, the first to be held in South America were heavily criticized for their extreme costs, estimated around $12.

Judge orders Rio 2016 Olympic Games venues shut on security grounds

The 2020 Olympics will have the fewest cities competing for an Olympic Games in 36 years

Infographic: Does no one want to host the Olympics anymore?

Dipa Karmakar became the first Indian gymnast to reach an Olympics final

Video: A nation salutes its gymnast

Every other country had a drinks stall after every 2 kilometres but India's stalls, she said, were devoid of officials

'I could have died there,' says Indian marathoner OP Jaisha who collapsed after Rio run

He lost to the Mongolian Ganzorigiina Mandakhnaran whose quarterfinal defeat dashed hopes of a repechage

Rio Olympics 2016: Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt crashes out of Games after first-round loss

The 19-year-old became the first American gymnast to win four golds at a single Games ?

Olympics 2016: Simone Biles to carry US flag at closing ceremony

The two-time World Championship bronze medallist notched up a sensational 21-19, 21-10 victory over the All England Champion

Rio Olympics 2016: Sindhu beats Japan's Nozomi Okuhara, storms into final

Art photographer JR is famous for plastering huge black-and-white photographs that look like sculptures onto street scenes around the world

French artist JR leaves giant imprint on Rio Olympics

Both Phelps and Bolt have announced that Rio will be their last Olympics

Phelps says goodbye to Olympics after unprecedented 23-gold haul

In only her second competitive 10,000 m, Ayana dominated from the start finishing in 29 minutes 17.45 seconds

Ethiopia's Ayana breaks 10,000m world record by 14 seconds

Her medal puts her in an elite record-holding group of just five other Olympic athletes who have won a medal in six different Olympic Games

American Rhode wins record sixth medal in six Games

He pulled out a day after fellow top ten stars Milos Raonic and Simona Halep also withdrew over similar health concerns

Tennis: Berdych pulls-out over Zika

33-year-old Annemiek van Vleuten was leading the race when she tumbled over her handlebars on a tricky descent, cracking three vertebrae

Rio Olympics: Dutch cyclist in intensive care after horrific crash

Chen had tested positive for a banned substance on August?7 in the latest doping scandal to mar competition at the Games

Chinese swimmer Chen Xinyi fails doping test

Ukraine's Elina Svitolina stunned Williams 6-4 6-3 to record a memorable victory against the American

Rio Olympics 2016: Serena Williams eliminated in third-round upset

The bus carrying journalists was making its way from the Games basketball venue to the main Olympic park when two shots hit the vehicle

Rio Olympics 2016: Games' media bus hit by gunfire, claim witnesses

The tournament, however, lost much of its prestige after the world's four top-ranked players opted out over Zika concerns

Rio Olympics 2016: Golf makes quiet return after 112 years?

Rio Olympic organisers are miffed with Goel's entourage and their 'aggressive and rude' behaviour

Rio OC threatens to cancel Indian sports minister's accreditation

The quartet completed 4,000 metres of the velodrome in four minutes 13.260 seconds to lead qualifying

Rio Olympics: Britain set track cycling world record in women's team pursuit

The 1,000 medal would represent almost one-quarter of the total gold awarded at the Summer Olympics

US closing in on milestone 1000th gold medal

Manoj will next be up against fifth seed Uzbek Fazliddin Gaibnazarov in the pre-quarters scheduled on Sunday

India's Manoj Kumar stuns bronze medallist to enter pre-quarters

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