15-year-old Tanvi Patri wins India's first Youth Olympics women's singles silver
She pushed world junior champion Zhang Yi Xin to 26-24 in the deciding game of the final in Dakar.
- Age: 15
- Match lasted 1 hr 22 min
- 3rd Indian shuttler with a YOG medal
What happened
Tanvi Patri, 15, won silver in women's singles badminton at the Youth Olympics in Dakar, Senegal, losing a thriller to China's Zhang Yi Xin, the reigning world junior champion, 21-15, 13-21, 24-26 over 82 minutes.
She is the first Indian woman to win a Youth Olympics singles badminton medal.
In good company
Only two Indian shuttlers had won individual Youth Olympics medals before her: HS Prannoy (silver, 2010) and Lakshya Sen (silver, 2018). Both went on to big senior careers.
Tanvi had already made history earlier in the week as the first Indian woman to reach the Youth Olympics badminton semi-finals. Her run gives Indian women's badminton an exciting new name to follow.
