Saina Nehwal gave the country a golden double to take India to a historic second place finish. Saina rallied brilliantly from a first game loss to finally mow down Mew Choo Wong of Malaysia to win the gold, while the duo of Ashwini Ponnappa and Jwala Gutta captured the doubles crown. Though the much hyped Men's Hockey team was mauled by Australia 8-0 in the final, but the double gold in Badminton piloted India to the second spot in the medals tally.