New Delhi, Nov. 7 -- Tanvi Patri might have missed on a historic gold medal at the 2026 Youth Olympics in Dakar, Senegal, but her silver medal was enough to earn the attention of sporting icons like Abhinav Bindra and PV Sindhu. The 15-year-old from Odisha became the first Indian women's singles badminton player to clinch a Youth Olympics silver medal.

She went down against reigning world junior champion Zhang Yi Xin in a nail-biting summit clash. Tanvi saved six match points and missed three of her own to go down 15-21, 21-13, 26-24 in an hour and 22 minutes in a gold medal clash that kept everyone watching live action on the edge of their seats, according to a press release.

Before Tanvi, HS Prannoy (2010) and Lakshya Sen (2018) had w...