She is an eight-time Indian national champion[3] in badminton and represented India in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

It was then they decided to mortgage his family home and raise the remaining money for the already delayed project.

This was a big jump from the $5 daily fee per player that the government had previously paid for other training camps.

[7] Despite Saina Nehwal's success in international tournaments, Gopichand and Lakshmi found it hard to run the Academy.

Gayathri, who is the elder of the two siblings, is an international women's doubles badminton player for India.