Who is Madhura Nagendra?

The mystery girl in the Indian Olympic contingent, was identified as Madhura Nagendra, a post-graduate from the city of Bangalore and living in London, who gate-crashed into the security area, with no photo ID and just casually walked

Identity of mystery woman at march past revealed

The mystery woman who gatecrashed team India`s Opening Ceremony at the London Olympics has been identified. As per the reports she is Madhura Nagendra, a postgraduate student, hailing from Bangalore.

It has also been reported that the woman had uploaded the photographs of her Olympic passes on Facebook and had deactivated her account after her presence stirred a controversy.

A young lady in red shirt and blue trouser was seen leading the Indian contingent in the march past alongside Beijing Games bronze-medal winner Sushil Kumar and her presence had created a lot of buzz as nobody had a clue as to who she was.
The delegation is reportedly seeking an apology from the London organisers.

Acting chef de mission PKM Raja was quoted as saying that the incident had "embarrassed us in front of the world".

Photographs show a woman in red and blue walking close to flag-bearing wrestler Sushil Kumar on Friday night, in complete contrast to female members of the contingent who were wearing yellow sarees and blue blazers.

"She had no business being there. It was a clear case of intrusion," Raja was quoted as saying. "We are taking up the issue with the organisers.

"We don't know who she is and why she was allowed to walk in. The march past is for the athletes and officials attached to the contingent," Raja said.

"We are totally surprised by the manner in which she joined the delegation and kept walking inside the stadium."

"This was bizarre. We will ask for an apology," added Raja. "The Indian contingent was shown for just 10 seconds and to think this lady hogged all the limelight."

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The "mystery woman", the unidentified "lady in red" has apparently been identified by the Deccan Chronicle as "Madhura Nagendra, a post-graduate from Bengaluru. As soon as she made an appearance in global TV space, there were questions all around asking who she was.

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"DC sources say that her friend from the college was also baffled seeing her with the Indian contingent. She has been living in London and before she went with the Indian team, she had displayed her Olympic passes on her Facebook account. But once this became an issue, she had deactivated her Facebook account.red"