Saina nehwal targets golden glow as clock ticks down to rio
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Elite sportspersons obsess. It fuels drive. And ambition. On a warmish Bangalore afternoon a few months back, I watched Saina Nehwal drip buckets of sweat at what frankly was a ridiculous
training session. One against four on the practice court, Saina chased down shuttle after shuttle in an incessant torrent of practice. Play shot. Scramble. Retrieve. Smash. Repeat. Finally,
exhausted and spent she lay down for a rub down from her trainer to relax the aching muscles. I sat beside for a chat. We talked about goals, targets and the like. “Somehow nothing else has
ever meant as much to me as the Olympics,” she said with a twinkle in her eye. “An Olympic medal is an obsession.” She already has one of course - the bronze captured at the London games in
2012. Now, with less than 100 days to go for Rio, Saina is building steadily and surely towards adding another to her collection. Perhaps of a different colour?