Tokyo: Star Indian shuttler P V Sindhu clinched the bronze medal after beating world no 9 He Bing Jiao of China in the women's singles third-place play-off, here on Sunday.
With this win, she became the first Indian woman, and second Indian after wrestler Sushil Kumar, to win two individual Olympic medals.
Sushil had won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and a silver at the London edition. (UNI)