Vaulting over deficiencies: Indian gymnastics can take cue from badminton

With three or four genuinely world-class players, badminton has established itself as India's boom sport

It is not surprising that few had heard of Aruna Budda Reddy till only a few days ago. A 14th-place finish in the qualifying event for the vault at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and a ninth-place finish at the Asian Games in Incheon later that year obviously inspired little confidence. But a bronze medal at the Gymnastics World Cup, which Reddy clinched in the vault in Melbourne last week, merits enormous praise. Reddy is only the third Indian to finish on the podium at an international gymnastics event, the other two being Ashish Kumar and Dipa Karmakar, who won bronze