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

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PT Usha congratulates PV Sindhu

Retired Indian track and field athlete PT Usha recently congratulated PV Sindhu with a heartwarming social media post. She shared a throwback picture of her with the shuttler where a very young PV Sindhu can be seen sitting on her lap. Sharing the picture on Twitter PT Usha wrote, "The passion and dedication for the sport will always be rewarded when hard work comes into play." Further extending congratulatory greetings, PT Usha said that PV Sindhu's success will inspire generations to come.

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PT Usha

PT Usha aka Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha has been associated with Indian athletics since 1979. She represented India at the 1980 Olympic Games and secured the fourth position. PT Usha is often referred to as the 'queen of Indian track and field'.

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PV Sindhu breaks the final jinx

Two years after being robbed of the gold by Okuhara in an epic 110-minute final at Glasgow that went down as one of the greatest battles in badminton history, PV Sindhu finally exorcised the ghost of that heart-wrenching loss with a completely dominating win over the 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 the 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 the BWF World Tour Finals last year.