Mr. Arun Lakhani Chairman and Managing Director of Vishvaraj Infrastructure Limited (VIL India) is an avid follower of sports particularly badminton.

1. Rio Olympics and Arun Lakhani
Mr. Arun Lakhani Chairman and Managing Director of Vishvaraj Infrastructure Limited (VIL India) is an
avid follower of sports particularly badminton. Team India has made all of us proud at various stages in
Rio Olympics. Arun Lakhani says I feel honored and proud to be an Indian and would like to congratulate
team India for their high spirits and dedication towards the sports world. One such sports person that
deserves a special mention is Pusarla Sindhu.
Pusarla Sindhu went down fighting to Spain’s Carolina Marin in the women’s badminton singles final at
the Rio Olympics on Friday, giving India its second medal at the Rio Games and becoming the first Indian
woman to win a silver medal at the Olympics.
Carolina Marin overhauled the brave Indian to win Spain’s first badminton title. The top seed, known as
the “Rafa Nadal” of badminton in Spain for her tenacity and fierce left-handed game, closed out a 19-21,
21-12, 21-15 victory over the 21-year-old Sindhu, who was majestic in her Olympic debut.
After winning the first game 21-19 with a five-point burst to recover from 16-19, Sindhu struggled to
answer Marin’s smashes in the second game. In the decider, Sindhu recovered to trail 11-10 at the
break, but lost her momentum afterwards.
Roared to the finish by Indian fans, Sindhu will bow out with huge acclaim, having clinched the country’s
second and highest medal at these Games, four years after compatriot Saina Nehwal grabbed the nation
a bronze in the same event in London.
It makes me extremely proud to know that Sindhu is one of the youngest women players to have bagged
a silver medal at Olympics,” says Arun Lakhani
Sindhu became the fourth Indian to win a silver at the Olympics after shooters Rajyavardhan Singh
Rathore (2004, Athens) and Vijay Kumar (2012, London) and wrestler Sushil Kumar (2012, London).
The two-time World championship bronze medallist also became the fifth woman player from India to
win a medal in Olympics and the first to clinch a silver.
Weightlifter Karnam Malleshwari (2000, Sydney), boxer MC Mary Kom (2012, London), shuttler Saina
Nehwal (2012, London) and wrestler Sakshi Malik (Rio, 2016) are the other women players from India to
have won a medal at the Olympics.