Mystery solved: Bengaluru woman was in Games cast

Jul 30, 2012 - Nelson K. Paul and Sarju Kaul Bengaluru/Chennai |

Age Correspondent

London

After a day’s suspense, the mystery woman who marched with the Indian contingent at the Olympics opening has been identified. She is Bengaluru’s Madhura Nagendra, 25, who walked alongside India’s flag-bearer Sushil Kumar in London on Friday night.
Madhura’s identity was revealed Sunday morning after a staffer of this newspaper identified her as a college mate. She studied in Bengaluru and is currently living in London, where she was a opening ceremony volunteer. Her father K.L Nagendra sprang to her defence. “My daughter did nothing wrong. She was part of the opening ceremony as a dancer.”
Madhura’s presence caused a major uproar, with India’s chef-de-mission Muralidharan Raja lodging a protest with the organisers. Games chief Lord Sebastian Coe, howevr, confirmed in London on Sunday she was a member of the cast, and there was no security breach. “She didn’t just walk in off the street. She was a cast member who got slightly over-excited.” He ruled out any action against her.

Comments

Some TV channels in India

Murthy

30 Jul 2012 - 16:43

Some TV channels in India and, almost all the main news papers carried alarmist reports about this happy Indian lending her support to our team.

Her walking with the team does not sound as weird as what the Indian media has made out of it.

What she has done is normal, but the reaction of the Indian media is 'abnormal', although I agree with the inquiry made by the 'chef-de-mission' of the Indian team to establish her identity.

She was an accredited volunteer for the event.

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