The women's team had left Indian shores for Tokyo with the target of reaching the quarters and it managed that by finishing fourth with two wins and three defeats in the six-team Pool A.
He tweeted, "We are all elated by the stellar performance by P V Sindhu. Congratulations to her on winning the Bronze at @Tokyo2020. She is India's pride and one of our most outstanding Olympians."
"I had a lot of emotions going through me - should I be happy that I won bronze or sad that I lost the opportunity to play in the final?" P V Sindhu added.
The reigning world champion touched home in an Olympic record time of 21.07 seconds, 0.48 seconds before Florent Manaudou of France. Bruno Fratus of Brazil took a bronze in 21.57 seconds.
Indians in action on Sunday at Tokyo will see Badminton star P V Sindhu, who lost yesterday, still has a chance to grab Bronze in women’s singles match, Indian boxer Satish Kumar will be in action in the men’s 91kg category quarterfinal bout against Bakhodir Jalolov (Uzbekistan) in quarterfinals. Golf Anirban Lahiri and Udayan Mane […]
India finished their group A league proceedings in fourth place with six points, riding on back-to-back wins over Ireland and South Africa and will now face pool B toppers Australia in the quarterfinal on Monday.
"We remain in awe of Simone, who continues to handle this situation with courage and grace, and all of the athletes who have stepped up during these unexpected circumstances."
This is India's best performance in the league phase in the last four decades as they had last finished second in the group in the 1980 Moscow Olympics when they won their eighth and last gold medal so far