Badminton ace Saina Nehwal, believes that players of North Indian states have a greater potential for achieving success in sports as they have a better body structure than their southern counterparts. She said that if better sports infrastructure is provided than very good players can emerge from north India. She was addressing media persons at Ecole Globale International Girls School, Dehradun on Thursday. The Indian badminton star said that the southern states have better facilities for sports as compared to north. Giving example of Badminton she said two world class academies, the P Gopichand and Prakash Padukone academy are present in the southern states from where very good players are emerging. Nehwal said that the people of Northern states have better physical strength and stamina and if better infrastructure, trainers and physiotherapists are provided than world class players would emerge from here. She said that at present she is recuperating from the injury and once out of it she would put her best in the game. She appreciated the sports facilities provided by the Ecole Globale School and said that the school should serve as an example to educational institutions across the country if the next generations of Indian sportspersons are to make a mark in the global arena.
The President of the school Tarunjot Juneja was also present on the occasion. Earlier in the day the badminton ace inaugurated the fifth founders day celebration of the school.