Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Win Historic Gold in 2023 Badminton Asia Championships

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Win Historic Gold in 2023 Badminton Asia Championships

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Category : Sports Published on: May 02 2023

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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty scripted history on April 30 by becoming the first doubles pair to win a Gold medal at the Badminton Asia Championships.
The World No. 6 pair defeated the 8th-ranked pairing of One Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi of Malaysia in a stunning 3-game battle at Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall, Al Nasr Club.
Satwik and Chirag won India its only second gold medal at the Badminton Asia Championships after Dinesh Khanna's men's singles Gold medal in 1965.
Badminton Association of India president Himanta Biswa Sarma announced Rs 20 lakh as prize money for the historic gold medalists.
The previous best performance by an Indian men’s doubles pair in a continental event was in 1971 by Dipu Ghosh and Raman Ghosh who won a bronze medal.
Overall, this is India’s second gold medal in the event. Dinesh Khanna won the men’s singles gold in Lucknow in 1965 by defeating Thailand’s Sangob Ratnusorn.

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