Seven Indian shuttlers, including Saina Nehwal and Jwala Gutta, officially earned qualification berths for the August Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after the much-awaited BWF world rankings were released today.Today's rankings were used to determine the Olympic qualifiers in each of the five categories – men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles – from the points accumulated in the period between May 4, 2015 and May 1st, 2016.Four years ago, five Indians had qualified at London Olympics. This year, London Olympics bronze medallist Saina would be representing India in her third Games, while the women's doubles pair of Jwala and Ashwini Ponnappa will also play their second Olympics in August.Besides, K Srikanth and P V Sindhu earned their maiden Olympic berths in men's singles and women's events. For the first time, India will have two women's singles players playing in the Olympics.This will also be the first time that an Indian men's doubles pair of Manu Attri and B Summeth Reddy will be representing the country in Olympics. A total of 172 shuttlers made the cut today for the Rio Olympics.
News On AIR | May 5, 2016 7:29 PM
Saina Nehwal, Jwala Gutta, five other shuttlers qualify for Rio Olympics