Twitter reacts to Sakshi Malik's stunning comeback and India's first medal in Rio
Sakshi Malik made her way into the record books by winning India's first medal in the Rio Olympics. She came back from 0-5 down to win 8-5 against Aysuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan, and secure India's first bronze in this Games. Twitterati celebrated her achievement and here are the best of them.
On this very auspicious day of Raksha Bandhan, Sakshi Malik, a daughter of India, wins a Bronze & makes all of us very proud.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi)
Power of a Girl!
Well done on your achievement! Proud of you!
— Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074)
This says it all!!!
— Boman Irani (@bomanirani)
Supergirl Sakshi!
A medal! And a first for a woman wrestler! Hopefully, the first of many. Congratulations to the tough
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
congratulations .entire nation is rejoicing on your achievement.thank you.
— Manoj Bajpayee (@BajpayeeManoj)
is a reminder of what cn happn if u don't kill a girl child.When d going gets tough,its our girls who get going &save our pride
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
I asked her if she was tired,she said nobody feels tired after winning a medal for country: 's Mother
— ANI (@ANI_news)
She has won the first medal for the country, I got tears in my eyes. A big day for all of us: 's Father
— ANI (@ANI_news)
She has done what no Indian girl has done before. A real hero u have set a path 4 many more 2 follow u
— Sushil Kumar (@WrestlerSushil)
Hearty Congratulations to for winning a medal in women's wrestling in and doing India proud
— President of India (@RashtrapatiBhvn)
take a bow 👏👏😊😊 1st woman wrestler to win an medal & 's first in
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
The innocent smile of achievement and our smile is of immense pride..... is the hope for the future....
— Karan Johar (@karanjohar)
Congratulation ...
— sreejesh p r (@16Sreejesh)
Congrats for the @ . 's daughter, we are proud of you.. Well done👍
— Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe)
A few first's for ..getting the 🇮🇳 on the podium..the ladies bring home the metal again..Super proud of you champ 💪🏽
— Mayanti Langer Binny (@MayantiLanger_B)
Wowwwwww amazing amazinggggg
— Gutta Jwala (@Guttajwala)
Take a bow 👏🏼👏🏼
has made India proud.Wrestling in India gets another big boost.
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99)
Her moment of immortality. Well done. The dry games have ended.
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar)
gave a great gift to
— Ajay Maken (@ajaymaken)
Had it not for a freak injury- was also on verge of a glorious medal!
Proud of you!
The saga of Haryana's fantastic female wrestlers has now got a superb new chapter.
— Vikram Chandra (@vikramchandra)
Nobody considered her name as medal winner. And proved all of us wrong.
— rupayan bhattacharya (@rupayanb)
What an elation in the middle of the night!! Difficult to sleep with so much adrenaline in my system after a nail biting match
— Heena sidhu (@HeenaSidhu10)
That's what you call a comeback!
0-5 down after the first round, fought back to eventually take the match 8-5! Incredible.
— Vikram Chandra (@vikramchandra)
Thank you
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75)
T 2351 - and the women of India doing us so proud .. especially in the wresting ..Sakshi you made us proud Indians !! COME ONNN !!
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan)
Congratulations to Sakshi Malik!!!.Wins First Medal for in
— Vijay Goel (@VijayGoelBJP)
Sakshi aap ki tarif me jitna bola jae kam hoga garv he desh ko aap ke upr. Desh ki kusti ko ek alg pahchan mili h aaj.
— Yogeshwar Dutt (@DuttYogi)
Humour to banta hei!
Sakshi Dhoni, Sakshi Maharaj and Anu Malik are all waiting in anticipation for a congratulatory tweet to them from Vijay Goel.
— Vikas Agarwal (@VikasAgarwalll)
Everything was awesome about Sakshi Malik bout except the commentator bringing in the Sultan & Salman Khan comparison.
— Sagar Rajesh Chaube (@sagarrchaube)
Flying greater heights!
Interviewed Sakshi leading up to Rio in Lucknow. She wanted to fly in an aeroplane, so got into sports. High Flier for life now
— Digvijay Singh Deo (@DiggySinghDeo)
That's what separates Winners from Quitters
No matter how many points I trailed by,never lost confidence in myself: to CNN-News18's
— News18 (@CNNnews18)
What a thrilling finish!
Is Dhoni Of . ;) साक्षी मलिक
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadejaaaa)
Ha ha ha!
Meanwhile Must Be Having Hiccups Tonight. Aaaj Neend Nhi Aayegi. ;)
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadejaaaa)
Now there should be wrestling match b/w Sakshi Malik & Shobha de, with someone reading out her tweet aloud, non-stop in the background
— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh)
Harayanvi ki Sher!
Daughter of the state which has lowest male female ratio got first medal for India in this
— Champ McLovin (@BolshoyBooze)
Irony lived to tell a tale.
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