India welcomes back Sindhu after rare medal in Rio

NEW DELHI (AP) — P.V. Sindhu, the 21-year-old badminton player who won one of India's two medals at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, has returned to her hometown in southern India to cheering crowds.

Sindhu and freestyle wrestler Sakshi Malik restored some national pride in this patriarchal nation by returning with a silver and bronze medal respectively.

Sindhu's homecoming Monday included a ride through Hyderabad, the technology hub in southern India, in an open-top bus.

Hundreds of people lined the streets and politicians competed to have selfies with the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal.