CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Srikanth joined an elite list of Indian male shuttlers to have won a medal at the BWF World Championships. He remains the only one to have played the final and won a silver at the showpiece event.

Detailed explanation-2: -India’s first Olympic badminton medallist Saina Nehwal has two medals at the BWF World Championships - a silver and a bronze. Her first medal came in 2015, a year in which she rose to become world No. 1 in women’s singles - the first Indian to do so.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sindhu became the first Indian to win Badminton World Championships gold by defeating Nozomi Okuhara. Nozomi Okuhara is from Japan. It was the BWF World Championships of 2019.

Detailed explanation-4: -Srikanth has become the very first Indian man to reach the final match of BWF World badminton championship. But unfortunately, K. Srikanth lost against Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew at the final match and ended up winning a silver-medal.