Andhra CM announces Rs 30 lakh cash reward for Olympic bronze medalist PV Sindhu

Amravati, August 03: Noting her achievement in Olympics, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy Monday announced a cash reward to the shuttler, PV Sindhu, for clinching the second medal for India at Tokyo Olympics.

 

According to the State Sports Policy, Reddy authorised officials to award a monetary prize to shuttler PV Sindhu for earning a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Under the state sports policy, CM has announced a 30 Lakh reward to the Shuttler.

 

Earlier, the Andhra Pradesh government has also sanctioned two acres of land for setting up a Badminton Academy at Visakhapatnam, with the motive of improving the sports talent in the state.

 

 

 

On Sunday Sindhu won a bronze medal for India at Tokyo Olympics after defeating her Chinese opponent. She defeated Bing Jiao by 21-3, 21-15 in the bronze match that lasted for 52 minutes. With that, she has become the first Indian woman to win two individual Olympic medals. She had won a silver medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics and a bronze in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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