On May 2, Beijing time, Indian badminton player Sindhu recently updated social media, refused to appear on the podium and then posted a photo with the bronze medal of the Asian Championships, which aroused strong concern among netizens.
As you can see from the photo, Sindu looks down at the Asian Championship bronze medal in his hand, and his face is full of gentle smiles, which is completely different from the angry look after the asian championship semi-final penalty points were met. In the semi-final against Japan's Akane Yamaguchi, Sindu suffered an inexplicable penalty from the referee after winning the first set and leading the second set, citing delays in the game. As can be seen from the live television footage, it was the opponent Akane Yamaguchi who was not ready to receive the serve at that time, and the delay in the game was not obvious. The decision caused great controversy, and many active players expressed their solidarity with Sindhu. For Sindu's failure to attend the award ceremony, some media once believed that she would be fined by the Asian Badminton Federation and the BWF. However, for Sindu, who is the "richest woman" in the world of feathers, even if she is fined, she will not pay attention to that amount at all. You know, as the only badminton player in the top ten for Forbes women's athletes, her net worth is not even under Lin Dan and Li Zongwei, the two superstars.
At the award ceremony after the women's singles final of the 2022 Asian Badminton Championships, only the champion Chinese Wang Zhiyi, the runner-up Japanese Akane Yamaguchi, and the third-place Korean rising star An Xianying appeared, while the third runner-up Sindu did not participate. Although the Asian Badminton Federation explained Sindu's absence from the award ceremony as a flight, there were still many good foreign media outlets that played out Sindu's refusal to be on the podium to protest the unfair punishment suffered in the semi-finals. Interestingly, Sindo's move not to attend the award ceremony but to post a photo with the medal is also quite intriguing.