Today’s Star of the Day is Spain’s Carolina Marin, who became the first non-Asian winner of the women’s singles badminton Olympic title. The 23-year-old beat India’s PV Sindhu in three games in the final. “I’m a little Spaniard that broke the Asian world. My dream has come true,” the world number one told reporters after grabbing a rare medal for a European country in the sport. Marin, who celebrated almost every victorious point by shrieking at the top of her voice, lost the first game 21-19 but grabbed the second 21-12 before clinching gold with a 21-15 win in the decider. Marin claimed it was part of her strategy to keep the shuttles new and quick. “She (Sindhu) didn’t want to change the shuttle because she wanted me to lose focus. It was a little bit slow and sometimes you have to control everything on court,” Marin said.