Shuttlers bring home gold, bronze

K. Vaishnavi, who won the under-16 gold in the CBSE School National Badminton Championships at Meerut, receiving her prize.- Photo: By Arrangement

K.Vaishnavi, a student of Class 10 at Bhavan’s Sri Ramakrishna Vidyalaya (Sainikpuri) won the gold in under-16 category of the CBSE National Badminton Championship at Meerut.

Vaishnavi defeated Shivpriya of Delhi Public School (Navi Mumbai) 21-6, 21-6 in the final. Later, the Hyderabad girl combined well with her sister and class VI student K. Bhargavi to settle for a bronze in the team event.

This sister duo is being trained by U. Bhaskar Babu, Sports Authority of India coach at Saroornagar Indoor Stadium here.

 

K. Vaishnavi and K. Bhargavi take part in the CBSE National Badminton Championship at Meerut