Top Searched Indian athletes in the last three days included P. V. Sindhu, Sakshi Malik, Srikanth Kidambi, Dipa Karmakar, Sania Mirza, Saina Nehwal, Vinesh Phogat, Lalita Babar, Vikas Krishan Yadav, and Narsingh Pancham Yadav.
On August 8, Deepa Karmakar was the most searched athlete on Google as she created history moving into the final of one of the most difficult Gymnastic Vault.
Google searches last week peaked the highest during her battle in the finals on 13th August as fans continued to cheer.Along with their fvaorite atheletes, people also kept a close watch on their opponents.
Lin Dan, the Chinese Badminton player who defeated Srikanth Kadambi, Nozomi Okuhara from Japan and Wang Yihan from China who lost to P V Sindhu in their respective battles also made it to the top five searches.
Overall, badminton and wrestling remained the top searched sports by Indians.The country is currently ranked 11th in the global trends in terms of searches for the `Olympics` over the last seven days.
