Sindhu claims historic silver on Day 14 of Rio Olympics

Yohann Diniz goes through 15k in 1:05.58.

Matej Toth has put a 2sec gap between him and the rest in 1:06.51. pic.twitter.com/0Q24sbwkI7

— IAAF (@iaaforg) August 19, 2016

Good morning! ?? #Olympics pic.twitter.com/39s3Yv4vD4

— Olympics (@Olympics) August 19, 2016

Yohann Diniz shows no sign of slowing down. The Frenchman leads his chasers by about 50 seconds. #athletics pic.twitter.com/WOuh1vxJTh

— IAAF (@iaaforg) August 19, 2016

China's Lin Dan has won the first game against his Malaysian opponent, Lee Chong Wei 21-15 in the first men's singles badminton semi-final match. After some lengthy rallies, the longest lasting in excess on 50 strokes, Lin edged the majority of points and proved too strong for his opponent in the first game

Lin Dan wins the first set 21-15 against Lee Chong Wei. #Rio2016

— Badminton Updates (@badmintonupdate) August 19, 2016

GOOD LUCK today ladies! ??

GO #TeamUSA! @Lexi 8:36 am ET@Gerinapiller 9:36@Stacy_Lewis 10:09 pic.twitter.com/Jhbwdh51xM

— U.S. Olympic Team (@TeamUSA) August 19, 2016

Lin Dan leads 11-6 at the first game interval against Lee Chong Wei. #Rio2016

— Badminton Updates (@badmintonupdate) August 19, 2016

Mens Singles Semifinal - Lee Chong Wei [MAS] vs Lin Dan [CHN] #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/bNcONorEik

— Badminton Updates (@badmintonupdate) August 19, 2016

#AllTheBest #PVSindhu for today's final #badminton match #Rio2016 .My SandArt with message #GoForGold at PuriBeach pic.twitter.com/YvgqcPNLh3

— Sudarsan Pattnaik (@sudarsansand) August 19, 2016

Some kind words were spoken for @Pvsindhu1 as she makes it to the #Rio2016 final. #Badminton#SmashKartaJa pic.twitter.com/h5ekvoElPr

— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) August 19, 2016

Li Xuerui has withdrawn from the Bronze Medal Match. Nozomi Okuhara will take the #Bronze Medal. #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/4iUC4BZn43

— Badminton Updates (@badmintonupdate) August 19, 2016

Father/Caddy of @aditigolf was filled with pride as daughter teed off @OlympicGolf this week. ?? #Rio2016 #Golf #IND pic.twitter.com/puthJxynZm

— Olympic Golf TeamIND (@OlympicGolf_IND) August 19, 2016

A huge thank you to everyone for their support and constant encouragement! #JaiHind #JeetoRio pic.twitter.com/1WXdfYpOm6

— Sakshi Malik (@SakshiMalik) August 18, 2016

Could this be our photo of the day?#Athletics #Rio2016 #Olympics pic.twitter.com/3UO66FPLAk

— IAAF (@iaaforg) August 19, 2016

Tee time alert!@OlympicGolf Rd 3 begins at 4pm IST.#AditiAshok will start at 7:17pm today. #IND #Golf @IndiaSports pic.twitter.com/qqjm9dQ3rQ

— Olympic Golf TeamIND (@OlympicGolf_IND) August 19, 2016

Another One #Gold #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/pKi59tGlsm

— Usain St. Leo Bolt (@usainbolt) August 19, 2016

#IND @aditigolf shares her views on the sport #Golf and why she likes it. #Rio2016 #Olympics #CurryPower pic.twitter.com/CdO2vR6shx

— Olympic Golf TeamIND (@OlympicGolf_IND) August 19, 2016

No problem my friend ??all the best to u https://t.co/peMdJaJ4Rs

— Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) August 18, 2016

Sure thank u ??Sindhu is doing really well ??India is doing really https://t.co/7Sf2rztear

— Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) August 18, 2016