India, Aug. 13 -- Ace badminton player Saina Nehwal recently confessed that she did not know that javelin was an Olympic sport until Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in 2021, implying that it is nearly impossible to know about other sports when one is deeply engrossed in their sport.

"When Neeraj won, that is when I got to know about athletics has got this game too. You'll gain knowledge only when you see it, right? If you don't see, how will you know? I did not know about javelin throw. Frankly, I didn't know," Nehwal told journalist Shubhankar Mishra in an interview.

"Because athletics has many sports. I got to know only when the results came, that is when I knew. I am sure people didn't know about badminton. I did not know who Prakas...