PV Sindhu To Be India’s Flagbearer At Commonwealth Games 2022 Opening Ceremony

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New Delhi: Two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu will be the flag bearer of the Indian contingent for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham. She was also the flag-bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. She won the silver medal in women’s singles in that edition and will now look to add a gold medal to her medal collection.

“The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) is delighted to announce shuttler PV Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, as the Flagbearer of Team India at the Opening Ceremony,” the IOA statement read.

“Two other highly deserving athletes were considered to be Team India’s Flagbearer: weightlifter Mirabai Chanu and boxer Lovlina Borgohain, who are both Olympic medallists.