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Ahead of the Tokyo Olympics 2021, Indian badminton star PV Sindhu on Thursday posted an adorable clip of herself playing badminton with her cutest nephew whom she called “toughest” competitor as well as her “biggest supporter” on Instagram. In the video shared, the Olympic silver medallist also showed her brief information about her achievements.
Sharing the video, she captioned; “Took on a game with my toughest competition so far, he also happens to be my biggest supporter,” the background of the video, was added with American singer Dayne Jordan’s famous song – Annoying.
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Fans of the star shuttler also flooded the video with comments and extended their wishes for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. “Waiting for the gold medal. Best of luck, excited to hear the announcement,” wrote a fan in the comment box. Another fan said, “You are my inspiration.” “Waiting for you to join the Abhinav Bindra club,” read another comment on the post. Another user wrote, “Waiting for the Olympic gold.”
The video was originally shared by Instagram on Tuesday, July 20, as part of their campaign to promote Tokyo 2020 athletes. Sharing the video Instagram captioned;
“PV Sindhu is no stranger to the Olympic stage. After taking home a silver medal in 2016, the 25-year-old Indian badminton star heads into her second Olympic Games with one specific goal in mind. I want to convert my silver medal to gold,” Sindhu said. “But I also hope to inspire young athletes across the world, just as I was inspired when I watched the Olympics as a kid,” the caption read.
It added, “Look out for PV dominating the court (with her nephew cheering her on) at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.”
The world number six is the only female badminton player from India to qualify for the Tokyo Games. She is placed in Group J in the Olympic draw along with Cheung Ngan Yi (HKG) and Ksenia Polikarpova (ISR).