BADMINTON
Saina Nehwal: Created history by becoming the first Indian to enter the badminton quarter-finals at the Olympics.
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Beat Russia's Ella Karachkova 21-9, 21-8 in the first round, Ukraine's Larysa Gryga 21-8, 21-10 in the second and stunned fourth seed Chen Wang of Hong Kong 21-19, 11-21, 21-11 in a grueling pre-quarter-final.
She came up short against Indonesia's Maria Kristin Yulianti, losing 28-26, 14-21, 15-21.
Anup Sridhar: Took just about half an hour to beat Marco Vasconcelos of Portugal 21-16, 21-14 in the opening round, but lost 21-13, 21-17 to Shoji Sato of Japan in the next.
From chemo patient to Olympic glory
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