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Badminton World Championship is starting from today in New Delhi. India is hosting this prestigious tournament after 17 years. The matches of this tournament, which will run till August 23, will be held at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium.
PV Sindhu has a chance to win her sixth medal in this 7-day long competition. At the same time, Satwik-Chirag will enter with the intention of winning the medal for the second consecutive time.
Know everything about Badminton World Championship…
What is Badminton World Championship?
It is the biggest tournament of badminton. Which happens every year except the Olympic year. It is organized by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The player who wins here is considered the world champion of his event.
The first World Championship was held in Sweden in 1977. Initially it used to happen every three years. After 1983, it started happening at an interval of 2 years. Since 2005, it is organized every year except the Olympic year.
How many times has it been held so far?
This is the 30th edition of this championship in New Delhi. The last event was held in Paris in 2025. Denmark has hosted this tournament maximum 5 times. Spain, China, Indonesia and England have hosted 3 times each. The previous host was France.
In how many categories are there competitions?
There are matches in 5 categories. These include men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles.
The winner of each category gets a gold medal. He also gets the title of World Champion till the next edition. The players and pairs who lost both the semi-finals are given bronze.
Who won the most gold?
China has won the maximum number of gold medals. Lin Dan is the player who has won the most individual gold there. He has won the title of World Champion 5 times. In the women’s category, Akane Yamaguchi of Japan and Carolina Marin of Spain have become world champions three times each.
How many medals has India won so far?
India has won 15 medals so far. These include one gold, 4 silver and 10 bronze. Prakash Padukone won India’s first medal in this tournament in 1983. Whereas, the only gold has been won by PV Sindhu.
Since 2011, India has won at least one medal in every edition. Till now 11 players from India have won medals in this championship. The pair of PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and Satwik-Chirag have won medals in different editions.
What are India’s chances in which category this time?
The highest chances are in the women’s singles category. 7 out of 15 medals have come in this category. PV Sindhu is looking in good form. He also won the Japan Open last month. She has won 5 medals so far. They have got 9th seeding. Whereas, the pair of Satwik-Chirag had won bronze last year.
How many players from India are playing?
10 players from India are participating. It has received two entries each in all 5 categories. See Indian team ahead…
Men’s Singles: Lakshya Sen, Ayush Shetty. Women’s Singles: PV Sindhu, Unnati Hooda.
Men’s Doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty, Hariharan Amsakarunan-MR Arjun.
Women’s Doubles: Trisha Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand, Kavipriya Selvam-Simran Singhi.
Mixed Doubles: Dhruv Kapila-Tanisha Crasto, Rohan Kapoor-Ruthvika Gadde, Aashith Surya-Amrita Pramuthesh.
Who will play whom in the first match?
When did India host before?
India had hosted the World Championship only once before, in 2009. Then all the matches were played at Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad.
Lin Dan of China won the men’s singles title. With that he made the record of becoming world champion for the third consecutive time.
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