London 2012: Huge effort by Veeran, but Olympics over

SUNSHINE badminton star Renuga Veeran and partner Leanne Choo battled hard but have finished their Olympics campaign.

The Australians were toppled by Indonesia’s Meiliana Jauhari and Greysia Polii 21-11 20-22 21-13 in the first game and beat the South Africans 21-9 21-7 in another.

Glenn Warfe and Ross Smith faced three of the best badminton nations in their group – China, Taiwan and Germany – and lost all three games.