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World Badminton: Saina becomes 1st Indian player to win silver medal

Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal today became the first Indian to win a silver in the World Badminton Championship.She lost the women's singles summit clash to Spain's Carolina Marin 16-21, 19-21 in Jakarta. Olympic bronze medallist Saina had reached the finals of the event yesterday defeating Indonesia's Lindaweni Fanetri.Today's defeat for Saina was the second successive loss for her in a major final as she went down to the same opponent in the All England Championships final earlier this year.This was India's fifth medal at the World Championship after PV Sindhu clinched the bronze twice in 2013 and 2014 and Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa notched up a bronze in women's doubles at the 2011 edition.Legendary shuttler Prakash Padukone was the first Indian to win a bronze at the 1983 edition.

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