mumbai badminton legend prakash padukone says that in order to improve on the mental aspect which he feels will play a vital role in clinching the gold at 2016 rio olympics top shuttlers saina nehwal and pv sindhu should engage the services of a sports psychologist at the earliest i think olympics is a test of mental character whoever is mentally strong will probably win the gold not just in womens singles but in any sport olympics is a different ball game you can win all the other tournaments but if you are mentally not strong you can never win the olympics said prakash in an interview to pti here its important that you prepare well mentally i would advise sindhu and saina to focus a little more on the mental aspect and if required take the help of some sports psychologist if they feel comfortable but they should start right now because one month or so before the games wont help it would need six to eight months if i was in their place i would probably take the help of a sports psychologist as all other aspects like specialist trainer physio and coach are being taken care of some people believe some dont that it might help i believe so ultimately olympics is a test of character it does not matter how well you perform the week before or the week after but you have to make sure you reach the peak during the week when the badminton event is happening its extremely difficult to predict who will win the difference is so little at that level whoever is strong mentally will win the title the 1980 allengland mens single champion emphasised prakash is wary of predicting who from among the indian shuttlers can finish on the podium at the rio games but feels 2012 london games bronze winner saina and twotime world championship bronze medal winner sindhu have a better chance having beaten all other top shuttlers at one time or the other we have a good chance specially in the ladies singles the top two saina and sindhu have beaten all the top players at one time or the other it may not be necessarily in the same tournament that should happen now said the bengalurubased prakash whose academy is into its 21st year of existence now of course it wont be easy as everyone will be trying to peak during that period it will be a draw of 32 and a lot would depend on the draw too added the 60yearold badminton great while not ruling out the chances of men including senior shuttler parupalli kashyap who reached the quarterfinals in london the former great said that the first priority for them was to qualify for the rio games unlike saina and sindhu they have the potential but whether it happens will depend on them remaining injuryfree trying to reach the peak during that period and having a lot of selfbelief in mens