Saina wins bronze as Wang limps out.

This is India's third medal in the quadrennial event after Gagan Narang won the bronze in the 10m Air Rifle event and Vijay Kumar clinched the silver medal in the 25-metre rapid fire pistol event.

India's Saina Nehwal won the bronze as China's Xin Wang forfeited the match. Wang won the first game 21-18 and was leading the second 1-0. This is India's first Olympics medal in the badminton event.

The world number two Wang conceeded the bronze medal play off match due to a knee injury.

This is India's third medal in the quadrennial event after Gagan Narang won the bronze in the 10m Air Rifle event and Vijay Kumar clinched the silver medal in the 25-metre rapid fire pistol event.

When it comes to badminton, the Chinese are cut from a different cloth and it shows in their record in all major championships.

Saina, the first Indian shuttler to reach the Olympics semi-finals, lost to top seed Wang Yihan 13-21, 13-21 at the Wembley Arena.

Nehwal's run to the semi-finals raised a tidal wave of expectation in India but she admitted to suffering an attack of nerves as she crumbled 21-13 21-13, despite the overwhelming support of the Wembley Arena..