Published 19:49 IST, August 25th 2019

PV Sindhu wins gold: Anupam Kher, Asha Bhosle hail the world champion

Indian shuttler P V Sindhu attained a record-breaking feat and emerged as the first Indian shutter to win the gold medal at the badminton World Championship.

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Indian shuttler P V Sindhu attained a record-breaking feat and emerged as  first Indian shutter to win  gold medal at bminton World Championship. PV Sindhu has beaten Japan's zomi Okuhara by 21-7 21-7 in summit clash that lasted just 38 minutes. While entire nation is celebrating P V Sindhu's achievement, several celebrities across domains took to social media to congratulate  Indian shuttler. 

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Anupam Kher congratulates PV Sindhu

Immediately, after official anuncement was me by Bminton World Federation (WBF), veteran Bollywood actor Anupam Kher took to social media to congratulate Indian sportswomen. Sharing a report stating PV Sindhu's win on Twitter, Anupam Kher wrote, "Congratulations dearest P V Sindhu for becoming world champion. Your victory makes Indians all over world so so proud. Thank you for giving us reasons to rejoice. Your journey is greatly inspirational. Jai Ho and Jai Hind."

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Asha Bhosle congratulates PV Sindhu

Veteran musician Asha Bhosle also congratulated PV Sindhu for her remarkable win at  bminton World Championship. She put out a post on social media and said that nation is proud of her.

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PV Sindhu breaks final jinx

Two years after being robbed of gold by Okuhara in an epic 110-minute final at Glasgow that went down as one of greatest battles in bminton history, PV Sindhu finally exorcised ghost of that heart-wrenching loss with a completely dominating win over same opponent.

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It was PV Sindhu's fifth World Championship medal -- joint-most for a woman singles player with former Olympics and world champion Zhang Ning of China -- to go with two successive silvers and a couple of bronze medals. PV Sindhu has also won Olympic silver in 2016 Rio Games, silver at Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, an Asian Games silver at Jakarta and BWF World Tour Finals last year.

19:03 IST, August 25th 2019