This will be the first time that any of the Indian badminton doubles pairing will get a direct entry in the history of Olympics.
In the 1992 Barcelona Games, Vimal Kumar and Dipankar Bhattacharjee had played in the singles and men's doubles category though they had qualified only in singles and hence were given an entry in doubles event as well.
As for Jwala, she became the first Indian to qualify for two badminton events
