India's 8 youngest Olympians and how they fared during their first Games

4.Saina Nehwal-18 years and 144 days(Beijing 2008)

She had already created a buzz by becoming the first player to win the Asian Satellite Championships twice and then further showed the kind of talent she possessed by finishing runners-up at the World Junior Championships in 2008.

There were no expectations, however, when Saina Nehwal went to Beijing to feature in her maiden Olympics but did she surpass them or what, becoming the first Indian women shuttler to enter the quarterfinal stage of an Olympics, where she lost a thrilling contest to Wang Chen of Hong Kong.

She went one better in London four years later, clinching the bronze medal in the Women's Singles event.