Saina Nehwal 🇮🇳 - India's first ever Olympic Badminton medallist! | Athlete Highlights

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Indian Badminton singles player Saina Nehwal is an Olympic bronze medallist and the only female player from India and overall the second Indian player - after Prakash Padukone - to become the World No. 1. She represented India three times in the Olympics. At the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, she won the Bronze medal for India and thereby became the country's first-ever Olympic Badminton medallist. We show you her road to the phenomenal Bronze medal at London 2012!
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[@megha8783]

Saina nehwal was the one who made Us recognise there is potential that we can win! This marked the beginning for Badminton era❤️🔥🤩

[@amaleshDX]

Only because opponent player got injured else she won't b getting bronze. Sindhu is best compared to saina

[@SANDEEPKUMAR-gd1zr]

@@amaleshDX Saina at her peak has beaten Sindhu.

[@amaleshDX]

@@SANDEEPKUMAR-gd1zr U said correctly... Saina at her peak...

[@anusinghchotu1786]

@@amaleshDX saina beated sindhu many times.

[@amaleshDX]

@@anusinghchotu1786 So what???? At least Sindhu got two Olympic medals by defeating the opponent not by luck. Saina got it only because opponent got injured else she would have lost that comfortably.

[@ashishkumarbiswal9978]

When Saina bowed out early in Rio I lost hope of any medal in badminton but PV Sindhu did a miracle

[@kabeerpawar5604]

It was not a miracle it was hard work and dedication

[@ashishkumarbiswal9978]

@@kabeerpawar5604 for us as viewers it was miracle because no one expected such a dominating performance from her there in 2016

[@kabeerpawar5604]

@@ashishkumarbiswal9978 ok bro sorry for misunderstanding

[@JahangirAlam-pq9rn]

Rio Olympic change the Saina's direction 😭

[@mkharshavardhan1551]

❤🧚🏻‍♀️🇮🇳😇💝

[@cricketfanclub10]

Who is here after PV SINDHU is on the verge of repeating this ❤️

[@revolutionmusica]

🇮🇳🇮🇳👍🏼

[@Axiom-u2o]

me

[@ashishkumarbiswal9978]

She plays aggression with brain ..That's her strength

[@pavanhareesh7712]

who is here after Sindhu's bronze medal in tokyo olympics

[@anamikaanilkumar9626]

Me😄

[@adityaramakrishnan969]

I'm still proud of Saina's achievement

[@rifahhyder1661]

Whenever I see Saina ma'am and P.V. Sindhu, yaar goosebumps aag gate hai 👍❤️👍

[@rifahhyder1661]

@DeFiNiTe waha wahi 😁😁

[@What-it-should-be]

Injuries of Saina mam ruined our dream to see Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu against each other in Rio Olympic 2016 Final 🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@lykeaboss13]

Olympics is no longer television content worth paying for ...

[@dokteroregano1369]

She still can't go to final even she didn't injury

[@sanjurayan4938]

@@dokteroregano1369 why not? She was World no. 1 in 2015. It's possible

[@ghisingbro9808]

@@dokteroregano1369 Bro you don't know how much aggressive and powerful player she was.....i used to watch a lot of matches of her and still admire her as a World class player

[@megha8783]

@@ghisingbro9808 yes she is a legend! She was the first person who made india popular among badminton stream

[@jasleengyani5136]

What an inspiration! 🇮🇳🇮🇳 You go queen!! I would love to represent my country, India in the Olympics in horse riding to win our first equestrian medal!

[@ilogicalmind3618]

What's Fouaad Mirza is doing now ?

[@lutethemage5053]

Jasleenji our dear Indian sister thoughts and prayers are with you. Go for gold and train hard and I’m sure the world will make you win! Vande mataram. Jai Hind. 👍🏽🇮🇳

[@jasleengyani5136]

@@ilogicalmind3618 well fouaad has a little to no chance winning a medal hypothetically speaking, but who knows? This could be the year.

[@jasleengyani5136]

@@lutethemage5053 thank you do so much......it's comments like this that make me extremely motivated.

[@ilogicalmind3618]

@@jasleengyani5136 u are saying now ,today he is out of Olympics finished at 22nd position.

[@koolk8077]

India will remember Saina Nehwal as a beloved SHUTTLE QUEEN. What an icon who inspired Carolina Marin the Rio Olympic champion.

[@utkarshparihar9855]

Whenever Olympics upload the videos of Indian players, they receive more likes and comments.

[@nauman7161]

every 5th person on this planet is an indian.........many nations in the world do not have even 5/100 of the indian population....so this might answer your perplexity!

[@aniketsakalley5374]

@@nauman7161 oh as if every one watches badminton in india. how delusioned are you exactly?

[@nauman7161]

@@aniketsakalley5374 saina nehwal has 1.4 million followers on instagram....because she is an indian....other olympic medalist dont have even 1 or 2 lacs....why is this?....the answer is that she is an indian....people know her in india...that is why these videos get views!

[@utkarshparihar9855]

@VFX Gaming check the 35 minute full video kid

[@iam_metaphor]

Dats d power of 1.3 billion people

[@yashshivhare9623]

This was the first time when I watched the Olympics Game. And I was mesmerized while watching Saina winning the bronze medal

[@nauman7161]

lol .... she won the bronze because his opponent retired due to an injury otherwise she would clearly have lost the match.....i am amazed that you were mesmerized! ........ btw she is a great player!

[@nauman7161]

@Lacto Vegetarian i agree...but the momentum in this game was completly on her opponents side.....i agree that the tables can be turned at the 11th hour but if you watch the match until her opponent gets injured...her opponent was clearly on top!

[@ashvin___1]

@@nauman7161 I don't think you watched the match. Saina is known for her comeback in games and if you are judging her on te basis of first set then you must know she was 17-10 or something then she won back to back points and made it 18-21. That means she won 8 of the last 12 points. She shifted momentum on her side and we can never say that opponent was on top. I am also a Badminton player and I admit that some players play better from second set while some players play better from the set 1. Well, it is because how much body need to warm up. My body become flexible and activate after 10 points rally. It happens to many players. When Saina warmed up completely she started dominating and that's why Chinese player had to do what she usually don't and injured herself.

[@bharatsharma534]

@@nauman7161 saina did not score any point after the other players' injury. Momentum was with saina which was disturbed by the other players' injury.

[@anneshb6397]

Heart beat of millions ❤️❤️

[@rajatgadge]

Saina will always be my favourite ❤️

[@aksingh3133]

Indians should spend more money on infrastructure and facilities so that we can see both Indians in final.

[@megha8783]

Beauty with brains ❤️🔥 Such tuff character she is…! Hatsofff

[@TheRealGod18]

Irrelevant cheap comment.

[@subashraj5801]

So what you are trying to say!?? Always looking for a physical appearance?!!

[@namansingh8081]

Her cross-court deliveries are outstanding!!

[@harshasharma8066]

She is all time my favourite...

[@m.kashyap02]

I am also a badminton player and I really wanted to be such player like her. She's amazing and I really appreciate her skills. A small town girl because the first woman from India to reach in a badminton Olympic Games. Keep it up Saina!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@prize5ighter]

Recently started playing Badminton. Became a somewhat good player. Realised that I'm nowhere near to Saina Nehwal's skills. Badminton is a wonderful sport.

[@EnnuiOn]

she is an olympic athlete lol. of course none of us simpletons would ever match up to her level

[@prize5ighter]

@@EnnuiOn Absolutely. What I meant to say was badminton is not at all an easy sport no matter how easy it appears.

[@agnivo7923]

@@prize5ighter whats your age Bro?

[@prize5ighter]

@@agnivo7923 I'm 23. Why?

[@agnivo7923]

@@prize5ighter just asking Bro. Actually I'm very bad in badminton at 19. I just play for fun.

[@rohanmandle1588]

Well done Sania...You made India Proud!!!

[@arjunuv4881]

Legend of women's badminton

[@tanbirnr2389]

When I was kid when it comes to Badminton first I knew only about Saina Nehwal...

[@AjayYadav-fi1un]

But now Sindhu is top Indian badminton player

[@megha8783]

Sameee saina is legend..later sindhu followed her foot steps

[@megha8783]

@@AjayYadav-fi1un both r legends!

[@tanbirnr2389]

@@AjayYadav-fi1unyeah,I know,but I'm talking about my past as a kid

[@mspm7862]

Saina is the best, ever.. Hands down.. Aggressive player of India🥰

[@premvirsingh8399]

Plot twist : those who don't know B of badminton are describing players who is aggressive and who is defensive. No one is defensive in badminton everybody waits for a proper time to show agression and you need to run your brain on how to make your opponenet run everywhere in court . No one is noobie at that level

[@pratisthakaushik737]

Yeah sir... but some players have more attacking style particularly tall players bcoz of advantage in powerful smashes like carolina marin and pv Sindhu. Some are defensive like chen yufei or LCW. Few are rally players like nozomi Okuhara and saina nehwal. Few have lot of deception like Tai tzu ying. So ofc as fans people can interpret. And it can wrong too after all they are just viewers and not specialist sir.

[@vedpandey8388]

She was lucky to won bronze medal.... Before Chinese player injury saina was on the verge of loosing that match.

[@HelpInMaths]

True, she was lucky at that moment. But if she had defeated the Chinese player then it was great. For me now pv Sindhu is great.

[@megha8783]

Dude..what rubbish..evry game depends on players mental and her phsycial strength…Who knows saina could hve won secnd set..there were many possiblities players won match losing first set!

[@5ksubscriberswithoutanyvid648]

*does anyone else just binge watch these?*

[@vishalsanger8053]

🙋🏻‍♂️🙋🏻‍♂️🙋🏻‍♂️

[@gopasathish2961]

I love india

[@shreeshshiji9275]

Those golden years

[@chandanmohanty9526]

A Saina brought a Sindhu.. No body knows Sindhu in 2012 n always seniors are inspiration for juniors n help them mentally to play better n become more successful..

[@ritabanbanerjee5744]

It all started with this .........so proud of you mam

[@nitingupta_0399]

So you do have all of her matches!!! What has stopped you from uploading them?? Saina vs Tine should have been officially released by Olympic channel.

[@AakashJdp123]

They will never 👎 upload it

[@rishabhyadav8926]

@@AakashJdp123 why

[@iamkumarmihir]

She is Indian Legend Saina Nehwal 🇮🇳🥉✌️

[@glennlopez6772]

When I watch this ladys attitude, I am reminded of the ladies in Mumbai on their scooters ferrying 1 or 2 kids to and from school, manuvering through the traffic; I wonder when will she get time to market and get meals ready! Calmness and patience!

[@adityaa4007]

the most consistent badminton player in the history of badminton.

[@kalpanasingh9746]

Saina ....the great....my all time favorite.......

[@BbAniway]

Congratulations India💐

[@fkisailo3008]

She was awesome 😍😍😍

[@santoshparida3429]

When I grow a I want to be a badminton player and my favourite badminton player is saina nehwal when I grow up I want to become a badminton player

[@jackdowson4870]

INDIA INDIA

[@karthikpandi9086]

You are a queen for badminton

[@kaleshksekhar2304]

Legend

[@sachinsharma9336]

INDIA♥️

[@kapiljetwani3540]

Do anyone think Saina was lucky to win bronze due to her opponents injury

[@pratisthakaushik737]

Ofcourse. Coz wang xin had better h to h against saina. And she was the then world no 2. While saina was world no 5. And xin had won 1st set. So very less chances of winning for saina.

[@shriaware9537]

One of the best for India

[@MAHESHKUMAR-ez2ns]

WISH U V V HPPY BDY , 17 MARCH , OUR FEVRIT ,ONLY SAINA , N GOD BLESS YOU

[@anubhavmohanty7655]

The one who started the trend ,never forget 🇮🇳

[@sapien772]

How could say that she won the bronze medal, opponent wang xin was retired hurt when she was leading in a set, despite this everyone prizing her, totally that was gifted by Chinese.

[@AnkitShivam]

*Saina Nehwal* : She is Queen of badminton Queens. *Saina Nehwal* is India's Greatest Badminton Player Ever 🏆

[@anikajenniferrajicse9522]

saina nehwal is the best😎🤩

[@RituRaj-gd4rb]

My '' favourite'' ❤️❤️saina Nehwal❤️❤️

[@dokteroregano1369]

Medal by a gift

[@aestheticanzi]

After watching this i feel like its not real win.....

[@user-kv9yf4tf1w]

Saina 😍😍.

[@yasharora6818]

Injuries ruined her career , she was a powerhouse , world rank number 1 in 2015. But Sindhu is continuing what she started for India.

[@wuhanvirus8681]

Chinese player was looking extremely good in Bronze medal match. What can we say Saina's LUCK or Chinese player's BADLUCK?!

[@faheemakbar1281]

Its part of game.

[@whocares3132]

both

[@sehaj1263]

Saina's luck, India was clearly losing that day. Felt Sorry for Xin

[@amitfor]

Good luck Saina

[@yashkhandelwal972]

My favorite ❤

[@karansinghbhati1997]

🇮🇳 Jai Bharat 🇮🇳 jai Hind 🇮🇳

[@tanmaygupta5118]

I am play badminton also we always focus on mind and play everything is possible in the game My name is Tanmay gupta and i am local badminton player of Haridwar

[@tanmaygupta5118]

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[@madhav2104]

That was one lucky bronze.

[@bharatgogoi]

It is very easy for someone to sit at their home and comment. Nothing is easy My friend.

[@madhav2104]

@@bharatgogoi True but that doesn’t change the fact that she won because Xin wang injured herself mid game. I don’t know if you saw the match or not but Xin was winning before the injury and at that time she was a better player among the two.

[@bharatsharma534]

@@madhav2104 it is also a fact that saina saved 4-5 game points and the other player's injury disturbed the momentum and she lost the 1st game coz of that. How's that?

[@madhav2104]

@@bharatsharma534 she lost the first set because of Xin’s injury? Is that what you are saying?

[@bharatsharma534]

@@madhav2104 you are commenting for an imaginary situation, so as I. Saina was well behind her opponent, like 10-17 and then 14-20. She saved 4 game points got with (18-20) and game stopped. And it was a fresh start again, breaking the momentum. She might have won the 1st game only.

[@raphaelhembrom1650]

India lndia 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@ravichristian6364]

beautiful video

[@RonysTourDiary]

Anyone here after - pareeniti's "Saina" trailer??

[@faheemakbar1281]

😄

[@soccerboy2000]

India 🇮🇳 2021 Olympic Best of luck ❤️

[@pratikjoshi7653]

Talent Hard work Passion

[@zackyoda742]

If wang xin hasn't injury, the result must be different...

[@mohammedfawas7564]

Jai hind 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@henchpauloranigo2023]

The score😲😲

[@akj123]

Her opponent in bronze medal match deserve the medal..she fought bravely....saina got bronze luckily😔

[@Puneeth_Shetty]

Only one set was almost done. That was she leading. Still 2 sets were there na?? With her efforts only she reached semis

[@akj123]

@@Puneeth_Shetty she lost the first set..only 1 point in second...looking at first set..saina didn't look in that zone

[@nextgenerationtopvideos6296]

I really love her smash toward the body of player

[@NANDINISAMANTADANCE]

Nice.

[@miracle462]

The medelist Now where ???

[@beck3740]

Losing a bronze medal chance in Olympic game due to injury. I feel bad for her opponent

[@bhavaniprakash2166]

Saina lost match, but won medal, all the Best

[@chandanmohanty9526]

How?? One set was not even finished and she was leading 20-18..

[@bhavaniprakash2166]

@@chandanmohanty9526 check in youtube you will get answer

[@jyotigavate503]

Saina Nehawal is my role model

[@albatross8116]

My fav

[@deepuyangala464]

Sure u will win gold Saina

[@criminalman5477]

Plz come back mam

[@matsungtemjen3999]

She was lucky that's why got a medal. If that Chinese wang didn't get injured then im sure 100% saina had no chance. Jai hind

[@dishankdesai8384]

it is part of game. our vinesh phogat also injured in 2016 rio olympics. if she not injured in quarter final then she could won bronze or silver

[@manjugrover7022]

World best player Saina My dream is to become an international badmintion player like Saina. If you like Saina so click on like button

[@sagarbisht903]

she is the who dominates chinese and malysia in his prime but her leg injuries ruined his carrer

[@pratiknidhi694]

IF THIS MATCH COMPLETE THEN CHINA MUST WIN

[@PerspectivePassport]

Saina won coz the other player got injured. She did or didn't deserve it?

[@sudhanshuranjan1728]

Only indian player to become world number 1 in badminton after defeating carolina in 2015

[@Shuttlershubho4k]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@AjayYadav-fi1un]

She was very lucky to won bronze atleast in her career 👍🇮🇳

[@DragonSlayer607]

By luck she won bronze medal

[@shruti7908]

So what was the fault of Saina if her opponent got injured?

[@DragonSlayer607]

@@shruti7908 saare galte tere he

[@tomben2011]

It happened 2012.very old game..

[@nishant4262]

Fittness > Skill

[@sachinsharma9336]

Feeling bad for Chinese girl 😷😣

[@ChiSinbing-bv5yq]

Saina lost to Wang yihan in 2012 Sindhu beat Wang in 2016 🇮🇳 ❤️ 💪🏻

[@carpediem8533]

In india, boys used to play cricket while girls used to play badminton.

[@matsungtemjen3999]

Being an Indian proud of saina but the truth is if wang wasn't injured then saina had no chance to win n would have gone without a medal from Olympic. Even with injury wang was winning.

[@harshithayt2842]

How can u say Saina had no chance ? It was just the starting of set.

[@matsungtemjen3999]

@@harshithayt2842 that Chinese girl rank war higher,her placements were better than Sindhu,she was leading far than Sindhu. Wat more?

[@harshithayt2842]

@@matsungtemjen3999 In gold medal match no 1 TTY also lost 1st set, didn't she comeback in the second ? U decide a winner on basis of ranks and only 1 set ?? If the score was 20-1in second set ,I would have agreed that Saina was lucky enough but it was 1-0 ..

[@matsungtemjen3999]

@@harshithayt2842 it was 1-0. N second set was also swiftly leading.....I can understand your patriotic feeling

[@yashkhandelwal972]

@@matsungtemjen3999 even sindhu won the 1st set in 2016 and lost the next two saina was a champ.. She could've easily won the match

[@atharabbasi6117]

Due to injure she won medal otherwise she can't . Whereas p Sindhu had great potential of winning medal

[@3gdigitalcatvnetwork6]

Badluck for china player

[@_Rakoon__Rakoon_]

Did she qualified for 2021 Tokyo Olympics?

[@vihaangowda1922]

No

[@Rahilasadiya]

black above red below

[@tanmaygupta5118]

I am one true and successful player and extremely powerful like as saina nehwal pv sindhu and Lakshya sen And Saurabh verma

[@tanmaygupta5118]

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[@tanmaygupta5118]

Kashyap sir is best for Saina

[@tanmaygupta5118]

I want to become fit person doing exercizes gym and cycling my name is Tanmay gupta i want to coming and play with you Saina sindhu kashyap lakshya sen and saurabh verma

[@sureshamujala5810]

What is this audio.. nonsense

[@rakeshabujam5172]

The Chinese player get injured while saina was trailing.Lucky girl saina