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Saina Nehwal, the daughter of Harvir Singh Nehwal and Usha Rani Nehwal, was born in Hisar, Haryana. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] She has an elder sister named Chandranshu Nehwal. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Her father, who has a PhD in agricultural science, [ 23 ] worked at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University . [ 24 ]
This article details the qualifying phase for breaking at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The competition at these Games will comprise a total of 32 breakers (16 B-Boys and 16 B-Girls) coming from their respective NOCs with a maximum of two per gender.
She thus earned herself an Olympic bronze medal. [4] [5] [6] Saina Nehwal became the first Indian to win a medal in Badminton at the Olympics, [7] by winning the bronze medal at the London Olympics 2012 on 4 August 2012. [8] Geeta Phogat became the first ever Indian woman to qualify for the women's 55 kg wrestling in the London Olympics 2012 ...
The badminton women's singles tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place from 28 July to 4 August at Wembley Arena.. The draw was held on 23 July 2012. [1] [2] Forty-six players from 42 nations competed.
It is used to determine the qualification for the World Championships and Summer Olympic Games, [1] as well as BWF World Tour tournaments. [2] Seedings of draws at all BWF-sanctioned tournaments are conducted using the BWF World Ranking. [ 3 ]
The Olympic qualification period was between 2 May 2011 and 29 April 2012, and the Badminton World Federation rankings list, published on 3 May 2012, was used to allocate spots. [1] Nations could enter a maximum of three players.
Saina Nehwal (group stage) Nozomi Okuhara (bronze medalist) Sung Ji-hyun (quarter-finals) Tai Tzu-ying (round of 16) P. V. Sindhu (silver medalist) Akane Yamaguchi (quarter-finals) Kirsty Gilmour (group stage) Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (quarter-finals) Bae Yeon-ju (round of 16)
On 5 April, Marín won her second straight Superseries Premier title, beating Olympic champion Li Xuerui for the second consecutive time at the 2015 Malaysia Open with a score of 19–21, 21–19, 21–17. In August, she defended her title at the World Championship by beating Saina Nehwal of India in 21–16, 21–19.