MUMBAI: As India's ace shuttlers PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen charged towards winning their gold medals in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Monday, among those cheering them was a 92-year-old in Perth who had scorched the badminton courts 72 years ago in a national tournament in India.
In 1950, Betty Rego, whose maiden name was Betty Farias, won a 'triple crown' at the Badminton Nationals in Nagpur - the singles, doubles, and mixed doubles golds. Recalling as if it was yesterday, Betty tells TOI from Perth, "Yes, I won three titles in the National Championship, which was held in Nagpur in December 1950. I played the doubles with Sindhu Phansalkar and mixed doubles with Henry Ferreira."
