Paris [France], August 1 (ANI): India's <keyword id="3992621" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="badminton-legend" source="Orion">badminton legend</keyword>, <keyword id="20626607" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Prakash-Padukone" source="keywords">Prakash Padukone</keyword>, believes the star duo <keyword id="3808496" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Satwiksairaj-Rankireddy" source="Orion">Satwiksairaj Rankireddy</keyword> and <keyword id="749483" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Chirag-Shetty" source="Orion">Chirag Shetty</keyword> have a chance of returning with an Olympic gold. The world number three ranked duo punched their ticket for the quarter-finals of <keyword id="450124" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="badminton-doubles" source="Orion">badminton doubles</keyword> with a straight-game win over Indonesia's Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto. Satwik and Chirag have roared and soared high in the world of <keyword id="20012442" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="badminton" source="keywords">badminton</keyword> as a pair. They have toppled numerous records and lifted various titles before landing in Paris. They looked flawless in their technique and style throughout the group stage. In their quest for a medal in the men's doubles event, Malaysia's Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik stand in their way. Ahead of the highly anticipated fixture, Prakash backed the duo to go all the way to the final on the back of their impressive outings. "As they are playing, there is a chance. There are definitely chances of winning the medal. But you can't say it with surety. They have come to the quarter-finals. The way they are playing, they have good chances of winning," Prakash told ANI. In the men's singles event, Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy are set to square off against each other. In a clash of young, brimming talent against experienced shuttlers, both India stars will compete for a spot in the quarter-finals. Lakshya ousted world number three shuttler, Jonatan Christie. While Prannoy overcame a challenge from Vietnam's Le Duc Phat to top his group. As the two Indian stars prepare to fight for a spot in the next round, Prakash believes that the best player will go ahead in the event and said, "He (Lakshya) is playing so well. It was a good match with Christie. It was a crucial match. He won in the straight game. He is playing well. He will play against Prannoy tomorrow. Both Indians have a match in the pre-quarter-finals. There is a knockout from now on. We will have to wait and see. The best player will go ahead." Another shuttler who has eyes on a medal is two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu. Prakash, who is serving as the mentor of Sindhu, believes the real competition for her will begin against China's He Bingjiao in the Round of 16. "The group stage was easy. There were no tough matches. But there will be a knockout in the pre-quarter-final against a Chinese player, He Bingjiao. The real competition will start tomorrow," he added.

India badminton legend Prakash Padukone believes Satwik-Chirag have a chance to win gold at the Paris Olympics

The <keyword id="20647188" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-badminton-players" source="keywords">Indian badminton players</keyword>, including <keyword id="20114899" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="PV-Sindhu" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="PV Sindhu" meta.hostid="153" meta.entityid="PV Sindhu">PV Sindhu</keyword>, have secured five quotas for the <keyword id="20201477" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Paris-2024-Olympics" source="keywords">Paris 2024 Olympics</keyword> as per a 'Race to Paris' Ranking List' published by the sport's governing body, the <keyword id="21132918" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Badminton-World-Federation" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Badminton World Federation" meta.hostid="153" meta.entityid="Badminton World Federation">Badminton World Federation</keyword> (BWF). Former world champion PV Sindhu, a silver medalist from 2016 <keyword id="19933819" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="olympics" source="keywords">Olympics</keyword> and a bronze medalist from Tokyo 2020 Olympics, got her quota as she finished in 12th spot in the list that was published on Tuesday, as per Olympics.com. Players in the top 16 (up to two per country) of the men's and women's 'Race to Paris' Rankings, secured a spot for their national sides in Olympics. The qualifying period for the marquee multi-sport event started on May 1 last year and ended on April 28. A total of 35 shuttlers secured quotas through this list, which included quota places for continental representation. In the men's singles competition, <keyword id="20143143" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="HS-Prannoy" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="HS Prannoy" meta.hostid="153" meta.entityid="HS Prannoy">HS Prannoy</keyword>, ranked ninth and <keyword id="19895708" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="commonwealth-games" source="keywords">Commonwealth Games</keyword> champion <keyword id="20123154" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Lakshya-Sen" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Lakshya Sen" meta.hostid="153" meta.entityid="Lakshya Sen">Lakshya Sen</keyword>, ranked 13th, got their quotas for India in the Paris 2024 Olympics. The other two quotas for India came in doubles competition, with <keyword id="20007741" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Chirag-Shetty" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Chirag Shetty" meta.hostid="153" meta.entityid="Chirag Shetty">Chirag Shetty</keyword> and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy securing the third spot in the men's doubles list and Ashwini Ponappa and Tanisha Crasto finishing 13th in the women's doubles. Last year, Chirag-Satwik became the first-ever Indian doubles pair to become the world number one following their gold medal win in Asian Games Hangzhou last year. Ashwini and Crasto, secured the Abu Dhabi Masters and Guwahati Masters, two Super 100 championship titles and finished as runners-up in the Syed Modi International BWF Super 300 tournament. With a total of seven badminton quotas in total, India could field their joint-biggest badminton contingent in the Olympics, having played with seven shuttlers back in 2016 at Rio Olympics. (ANI)

Five Olympic 2024 quotas for Indian badminton players

Reigning world champion P V <keyword id="18127" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sindhu">Sindhu</keyword>'s hopes of securing India's first-ever Olympic gold in badminton came crashing down as she slumped to a straight-game defeat against world no.1 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the women's singles <keyword id="81675" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Semifinals">semifinals</keyword> on Saturday. The 26-year-old silver-medallist from the Rio Games, however, remained in the hunt for a <keyword id="53139" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="bronze">bronze</keyword> medal and will be competing against <keyword id="1334" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="China">China</keyword>'s He Bing Jiao in the third place play-off at Musashino Forest Plaza on Sunday. One of the most consistent players, who claimed medals in all big-tickevents in the last five years, Sindhu couldn't counter Tai Tzu's deception with her aggressive game, going down 18-21 12-21. This is Sindhu's 14th loss to the Taiwanese second seed in 19 meetings, having also lost to her in the last three face-offs. On Friday, Sindhu, seeded sixth, had beaten Japanese world no.5 Akane Yamaguchi in the quarterfinals. Earlier, men's singles player B Sai Praneeth and the men's doubles pair of <keyword id="749483" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Chirag-Shetty">Chirag Shetty</keyword> and <keyword id="3808496" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="satwiksairaj-rankireddy">Satwiksairaj Rankireddy</keyword> had failed to qualify for the knockout stage. SEE ALSO <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/windlas-biotech-to-raise-395-402-crore-through-public-listing-price-band-fixed-at-448-460/articleshow/84854594.cms">Windlas Biotech to raise ₹395-402 crore through public listing, price band fixed at ₹448-460</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/mobile/news/googles-sundar-pichai-has-teased-the-whitechapel-chipset/articleshow/84853916.cms">Google teases Whitechapel chipset that may power Google Pixel 6 devices</a>

Tokyo Olympics: India's P V Sindhu loses to world number one Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the semis

New Delhi, Young shuttler <keyword id="19222626" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="bornil-aakash-changmai" source="Orion">Bornil Aakash Changmai</keyword> on Sunday achieved the distinction of becoming only the second Indian to win a gold medal for the country in the U15 boys' singles category at the Badminton Asia U17 and U15 Junior Championships in Chengdu, defeating a Chinese rival in the title showdown. The 13-year-old Bornil displayed remarkable composure and skill, especially in a tight first game, to overcome Fan Hong Xuan 21-19, 21-13 in 34 minutes. Bornil, who hails from Assam, became the second junior badminton player after Siril Verma in 2013 to bag the top podium finish in the prestigious tournament. The Indian shuttler gave consistent performances all through the tournament and had beaten compatriot Jagsher <keyword id="19230462" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="singh-khangurra" source="Orion">Singh Khangurra</keyword> in the semifinal on Saturday. Meanwhile, Tanvi Sharma will compete against <keyword id="19230461" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="yataweemin-ketklieng" source="Orion">Yataweemin Ketklieng</keyword> of Thailand in the U17 girls' singles final later today. Bornil's performance has added another feather to the remarkable success story of Indian shuttlers on the junior circuit after Ayush Shetty secured the bronze medal in the BWF World Junior Championships at Spokane, USA, earlier this month. Top Indian shuttlers recently returned from the Asian Games in Hangzhou with several firsts, with the men's doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy clinching a historic gold and becoming the world No. 1 pair. Badminton stalwart HS Prannoy too came up with a standout performance, clinching bronze in the continental showpiece.

Bornil clinches U-15 gold in Badminton Asia Junior Championships

Reigning world champion P V Sindhu advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of women's singles badminton event at the <keyword id="395647" type="SPORT" weightage="20" keywordseo="Tokyo-Olympics">Tokyo Olympics</keyword> after beating Hong Kong's NY Cheung in a group J match here on Wednesday. The 26-year-old Indian, who had claimed a silver medal in the last edition in Rio, prevailed over world No. 34 Cheung 21-9 21-16 in a 35-minute match to top the group. This was Sindhu's sixth win over Cheung in as many meetings. World No. 7 Sindhu will meet Denmark's world number 12 Mia Blichfeldt, who topped Group I. Sindhu has a 4-1 head-to-head record against Blichfeldt, whose only win against the Indian was at the Yonex Thailand Open earlier this year. The <keyword id="55383" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Shuttler">shuttler</keyword> from Hyderabad, seeded sixth, had defeated Ksenia Polikarpova of Israel in her opening match. Sindhu used her repertoire of strokes, and her ability to vary the pace troubled the Hong Kong player, making her run around the court. The Indian will then come up with a perfect placement. Cheung got a few points with her deceptive cross court returns but she committed many unforced errors to have any chance of putting pressure on the Indian. Sindhu led 6-2 early on before galloping to 10-3. She committed a rare error before entering the interval at 11-5. The Indian didn't have any trouble after resumption as she zoomed to 20-9 and pocketed the opening game when Cheung netted a return. Cheung was looking to script an incredible turnaround in the second game as she extended the rallies and with Sindhu too struggling to control the shuttle, the duo moved 6-6 and 8-8. Sindhu also made judgement errors before sending the shuttle wide again to hand over a slender one point advantage to her opponent. Cheung tried to put pressure on Sindhu but the Indian wriggled out with her better strokeplay which included a few straight down the line smashes. Sindhu moved to 19-14 before grabbing six match points but she missed the lines again and netted a shot to squander two match points before sealing it with a smash. Later in the day, B Sai Praneeth will take on M Caljouw of Netherlands in his second and final men's singles Group D match. On Tuesday, Indian shuttlers Chirag Shetty and <keyword id="3808496" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="satwiksairaj-rankireddy">Satwiksairaj Rankireddy</keyword> suffered a heartbreak after they failed to qualify for the quarterfinals at the Tokyo Olympics despite winning two matches in their group. The Indian duo had emerged victorious against the England pair of Ben Lane and Sean Vendy in their final <keyword id="3065" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Group-A">Group A</keyword> match but still missed out on qualifying for the quarterfinals after the three pairs ended with same points and games won was considered to identify the qualifiers. <keyword id="11729733" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="see-also">SEE ALSO</keyword> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/byjus-last-two-acquisitions-and-a-deal-with-disney-reveal-its-american-dream/articleshow/84783749.cms">Byju's last two acquisitions and a deal with Disney reveal its American dream ⁠— one that is anchored in India</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/personal-finance/news/six-red-flags-for-investors-to-avoid-becoming-a-victim-of-misselling-by-agents-or-financial-advisors/slidelist/84782913.cms">Six red flags for investors to avoid becoming a victim of misselling by agents or financial advisors</a>

Tokyo Olympics: Indian ace shuttler P V Sindhu enters pre quarters

Table tennis star Manika Batra and cricketer Deepti Sharma were among those who were presented the <keyword id="127507" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="National-Sports-Awards">National Sports Awards</keyword> by President <keyword id="6354561" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="ram-nath-kovind">Ram Nath Kovind</keyword> on Saturday. Commonwealth Games gold medallist Batra, alongwith Indian women's hockey captain Rani Rampal and 2016 Rio Paralympics gold medallist Mariyappan Thangavelu were presented the <keyword id="9847721" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Rajiv-Gandhi-Khel-Ratna-Award-">Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.</keyword> Deepti meanwhile was conferred the Arjuna, as were Atanu Das (archery), Chirag Shetty (badminton), Vishesh Bhriguvanshi (basketball), Manish Kaushik and Lovlina Bograhain (boxing), Sawant Ajay Anant (Equestrian), Sandesh Jhingan (football), Akashdeep Singh(hockey), Deepak (kabaddi), Kale Sarika Sudhakar (kho kho), Dattu Baban Bhokanal (rowing), Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker (Shooting), Madhurika Suhas Patkar (table tennis), Divya Kakran and Rahul Aware (wrestling), Shiva Keshavan (luge), Suyash Narayan Jadhav (para swimming), Sandeep (para athletics) and Manish Narwal (para shooting). Shooting coach Jaspal Rana, who is credited with overseeing the careers of the likes of Saurabh and Manu and thus playing a major role in India's recent dominance in the sport, is among nine coaches who have been conferred the Dronacharya Award in the regular category. Yogesh Malviya (Mallakhamb), Jude Felix Sebastian (Hockey), Kuldeep Kumar Handoo (Wushu), and Gaurav Khanna (Para Badminton) were also conferred the Dronacharya. Meanwhile Dharmendra Tiwary (archery), Purushotham Rai (athletics), Shiv Singh (boxing), Romesh Pathania (hockey), Krishan Kumar Hooda (kabaddi) and Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar (para powerlifting) received the Dronacharya Lifetime award. Kuldip Singh Bhullar (athletics), Jincy Philips (athletics), Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe (badminton), Trupti Murgunde (badminton), N Usha (boxing), Ajit Singh (hockey), Manpreet Singh (kabaddi), J Ranjith Kumar (para athletics), Satyaprakash Tiwari (para badminton), Manjeet Singh (rowing), Late Sachin Nag (swimming), Nandan P Bal (tennis) and Netarpal Hooda (wrestling) were conferred the Dhyan Chand Award. The Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards were conferred to Anita Devi (Land Adventure), Col Sarfraz Singh (Land Adventure), Taka Tamut (Land Adventure), Keval Hiren Kakka (Land Adventure), Satendra Singh (Water Adventure) and Late Magan Bissa (Life Time Achievement). Panjab University won the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy. Pune's Army Sport Institute, Lakshya Institute, Delhi's ONGC, Air Force Sports Control Board, and International Institute of Sports Management (IISM) in Mumbai were conferred the Rahstriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar.

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India badminton legend Prakash Padukone believes Satwik-Chirag have a chance to win gold at the Paris Olympics

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Tokyo Olympics: India's P V Sindhu loses to world number one Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the semis

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Bornil clinches U-15 gold in Badminton Asia Junior Championships

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