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Rio 2016: Japanese shuttler Nozomi Okuhara takes bronze

By Ians English

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 19: Japanese shuttler Nozomi Okuhara won bronze at the Rio Olympics after injured reigning champion Li Xuerui gave a walk-over in the women's singles bronze medal match of the badminton competition here on Friday (Aug 19).

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The former World No.1 Chinese surrendered the match due to an injury, which she faced during her semi-final clash against current No.1 Carolina Marin of Spain.

Japan's Nozomi Okuhara plays against India's Sindhu Pusarla during a women's singles semifinal badminton match at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

The 25-year-old Li lost 14-21, 16-21 to the 2014 and 2015 world champion Carolina on Thursday.

(Sindhu shines with India's first Olympic silver in badminton)

The Japanese won her first Superseries title at the 2015 Japan Open.

In 2016, the 21-year-old won the prestigious All England Open tournament, becoming the first Japanese woman player to achieve this feat in the last 39 years.

Okuhara lost her semi-final match against PV Sindhu on Thursday.

IANS

Story first published: Thursday, August 24, 2017, 17:39 [IST]
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