Rio Olympic stars PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik, Dipa Karmakar and Pullela Gopichand were gifted BMW cars on Sunday for their achievements at the recently-concluded Games, where India won two medals.

The event, hyped and well covered by the media. Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar handed over the keys to the three ladies and Gopichand but the expensive cars were actually bought by Hyderabad-based businessman Chamundeshwarnath, who also happens to be the president of the district Badminton Association.

All the three Olympians and the cricketing legend along with national badminton coach Gopichand came together under one roof at P. Gopichand Nimmagadda Prasad Badminton Academy in Hyderabad where the swanky BMWs were gifted to Sindhu, Sakshi, Dipa and Gopichand.

CAR KEYS HANDED OVER BY TENDULKAR

The luxury cars were given away to the four sportspersons for their outstanding achievements. Chamundeshwarnath roped in Tendulkar, the goodwill ambassador of the Indian contingent at Rio Olympics, to honour the sportspersons at a function on Sunday morning. Interestingly, it was Tendulkar who handed over a BMW to Saina Nehwal when she returned home with a Bronze medal from 2012 London Olympics.

Star shuttler Sindhu created history by becoming the first Indian badminton player to clinch a Silver medal in the Olympics while Sakshi became the first-ever woman wrestler from the country to win a medal when she bagged a Bronze. Gymnast Dipa Karmakar missed out on third-place finish by a whisker but more than that she created a record by becoming first Indian to qualify for gymnastics final.

Gopichand, the Indian national badminton coach, too is talk of the town after producing second medal for the country in the history of the Games. Under his guidance, Saina had won a Bronze in London Games four years ago before she switched to train with coach Vimal Kumar.