The Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty crashed out in the quarterfinals of the ongoing Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships at the Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
India concluded their Baku World Championship campaign with a sixth gold and three more bronze medals to bolster their tally to six gold and eight bronze medals, placing them second currently in the medal standings. Tiyana, Sakshi Suryavanshi and Kirandeep Kaur combined to win the team gold
Indian shuttler HS Prannoy cruised into the quarterfinals while Lakshya Sen bowed out of the ongoing Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships at the Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
The world number two men's doubles pair defeated the world number 10 pair of Leo Rolly Carnando & Daniel Marthin of Indonesia in their round of 16 match.
Neeraj has already won gold at the Olympics, Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games. He is also the Diamond League champion. However, he has yet to win a top prize in the World Championships. Last year, he came really close to clinching the gold last year but had to settle for a silver, c
The ISSF World Championship in 2023 serves as a qualifying event for the Olympics in Paris in 2024. The best four finishers (one from each country) in each of the 12 Olympic individual shooting events received a seat on their national teams, giving a total of 48 Olympic quotas up for grabs.
"When you talk about suspension of WFI, we have to note that the Asian Games and World Championships are round the corner. Even if our wrestlers win there, our country will suffer because the quota will go to some other nation. It will be a huge loss," he said.
The Indian shooter emerged at the top of field of 50 shooters, scoring 577 points from 60 shots. South Korea's Gunhyeok Lee had to settle for silver with 574 points (17 X’s) while France's Kevin Chapon secured a bronze with 574 points (11 X’s), as per Olympics.com.
India's top-ranked men's doubles pair at world number two, 'Sat-Chi' as the duo is known, beat the Australian pair of Zhe Hooi Choo and Ming Chuen Lim, ranked world number 156