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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 ]
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.
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 ...
Saina Nehwal India: P. V. Sindhu India: Kirsty Gilmour Scotland: Women's doubles details Malaysia (MAS) Chow Mei Kuan Vivian Hoo England (ENG) Lauren Smith Sarah Walker India (IND) Ashwini Ponnappa N. Sikki Reddy: Mixed doubles details England (ENG) Chris Adcock Gabby Adcock England (ENG) Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith Malaysia (MAS) Chan Peng Soon
This was the first medal of any colour for Spain in Olympic badminton, the first and only gold medal for a female non-Asian player [2] ... Saina Nehwal 21–17 21 ...
Badminton is a popular sport in India. It is managed by the Badminton Association of India which is associated with Badminton Asia and Badminton World Federation.. Indian shuttlers Prakash Padukone, Srikanth Kidambi, Jwala Gutta, Saina Nehwal, P. V. Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, H. S. Prannoy, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have all ranked in the world's top ten.
Kashyap and his coach Pullela Gopichand at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Kashyap surprised one and all by winning all his matches at the group stage, which involved the shocking defeat of Nguyễn Tiến Minh. In the Pre-quarters he defeated Niluka Karunaratne of Sri Lanka by 21–16, 15–21, 21–14.
2020 being the Olympic year, key players like Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth, Carolina Marín, Victor Axelsen and others have decided to skip the season. [11] [12] Some of the players were traded between Mumbai, Chennai and Pune teams ahead of the season. [13]