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BWF World Championships 2022: Satwik and Chirag create history
Updated On: 27 August, 2022 07:11 AM IST | Tokyo | PTI
After Birmingham CWG gold, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty assure India a maiden men’s doubles medal at the World Championships by stunning local favourites and defending champions Hoki and Kobayashi of Japan
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India’s doubles pair of Chirag Shetty (left) and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy celebrate after winning their quarter-final against Japan’s Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi in Tokyo yesterday. Pic/AP, PTI
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty on Friday became the first Indian pair to win a medal in the men’s doubles competition at the World Championships, but HS Prannoy’s impressive run ended in agony as he went down narrowly in the men’s singles quarter-finals here. Satwik and Chirag, the World No.7 pair, who claimed the Commonwealth Games gold medal earlier this month, stunned local favourites and defending champions Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi 24-22, 15-21, 21-14 in an hour and 15 minutes to claim its maiden medal at the prestigious tournament.
It is India’s second World Championships medal in the doubles event with women’s pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa claiming a bronze in 2011. Overall, it’s India’s 13th medal at the showpiece with PV Sindhu winning five, including a gold in 2019, and Saina Nehwal (silver and bronze) claiming two. Kidambi Srikanth (silver), Lakshya Sen (bronze), B Sai Praneeth (bronze) and Prakash Padukone (bronze) were the other medallists.
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