JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Pusarla Venkata Sindhu of India— known as PV — turned a silver medal two years ago in badminton at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics into millions of dollars in endorsements.
She’s the favorite to win gold at the Asian Games, though even that result may not yield the same windfall.
The magazine Forbes lists her as the seventh highest-earning female athlete in the world with an income of about $8.5 million — more than 90 percent from endorsements. And almost all from her success in Brazil.
She’s second at home in sports earnings only to India cricket captain Virat Kohli.