new delhi memories of a pathbreaking 2010 cwg gold are still fresh in her mind as saina nehwal embarks on a quest to regain the title at the gold coast commonwealth games next monthalso read its a killing calendar says saina nehwaleight summers ago a 20yearold saina stood on the podium with the gold medal around her neck on the final day to not only become the first indian woman to achieve the feat but also take the country to the second position ahead of england with a gold count of 38 in the overall medals tallyindia was second in overall medal tally in 2010 on the last day we were on 99 medals and indian hockey men and badminton womens singles were left for last day i won gold and in hockey we were runners up recalled sainai felt so happy to be on the podium with the national tricolour that i cannot forget itit has been an interesting journey for saina since she was handed her debut at the 2006 commonwealth games in the team event as a 15yearold by former india coach vimal kumar who also later trained her for three years 20142017also read injury scare for pv sindhu ahead of cwg 2018the haryanaborn shuttler shocked all and sundry and eventually beat new zealands rebecca bellingham 2113 2422 to help india win a bronze in the mixed team event2006 cwg melbourne was my debut and we won bronze in team event where my role was also a major one as i won womens singles event for the team my journey in cwg has been fantastic saina saidof course in 2014 i had a lot of injury issues so i did not participate she added referring to the glasgow edition where she pulled out after failing to recover from blisters and a groin injury sustained during the australian open super serieswith saina skipping the glasgow games pv sindhu won a bronze even as parupalli kashyap broke a 32 year wait for a mens gold medal rmv gurusaidutt won a bronze and the womens doubles pair of ashwini ponnappa and jwala gutta clinched the silver the indian badminton team won four medals in allthis time india are seeded top in the mixed team event and saina has no doubt they would do wellcertainly we will be winners in most of the events looking at our strength in all disciplines of team events as well as individual events in badminton she saidsaina who won a bronze at the 2012 london olympics had to endure a tough phase in 2014 when she even thought of quitting badminton due to a series of defeatshowever after the uber cup she decided to shift base to bangalore and train under vimal kumar it worked as she won the 2014 china open and 2015 india open reached the finals of all england and the world championships i 2015 and also became the world no 1however injuries came back to haunt her again as she developed