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Andhra CM orders cash reward of Rs 30 lakh for PV Sindhu ANI | Updated: Aug 03, 2021 05:42 IST
As per the State Sports Policy, a bronze medalist is entitled to get Rs 30 lakhs.
Before leaving for the big-ticket event, Sindhu met Jagan and the Andhra government had sanctioned two acres of land for setting up Badminton Academy at Visakhapatnam.
Sindhu defeated Bing Jiao 21-13, 21-15 in the bronze medal match that lasted 52 minutes. Sindhu had earlier returned with a silver medal at the Rio Olympics 2016.
The 26-year-old is now the second Indian athlete to win two individual Olympic medals. Wrestler Sushil Kumar also has two medals as he returned with a bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics 2008 and a silver at the London Olympics 2012. (ANI)
State government grants Rs 3 lakh to boxer Shiva Thapa
Boxer Shiva Thapa, who won a silver medal at the recently-held Asian Boxing Championship in Dubai, has become richer by Rs 3 lakh. The Assam government has gifted him the amount under the State Sports Policy for his excellence. The Guwahati lad had called on CM Himanta Biswa Sarma. The CM congratulated the boxer and assured him that he would be extended all possible support in the future. Thapa had lost to Asian Games silver-medallist Baatarsukh Chinzorig of Mongolia in the final. Ranked third in the bantamweight category in the AIBA Men’s World Ranking, he was the youngest Indian to qualify for Olympics.