Fila picture of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty© AFP
Indian badminton stars Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have been on Tuesday nominated for the Participant Yr of the Award by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The boys’s doubles pair of Satwik and Chirag received quite a few tournaments in current instances, together with a historic gold medal on the Asian Video games in Hangzhou, China. It was the most recent triumph in Satwik and Chirag’s lengthy checklist of achievements, which incorporates the 2022 Commonwealth Video games gold medal, the 2022 Thomas Cup title and the 2022 World Championships bronze.
Moreover, they’ve triumphed at prestigious tournaments such because the Asia Championships, Indonesia Tremendous 1000, Korea Tremendous 500 and Swiss Open Tremendous 300 – multi functional outstanding 12 months.
The season’s most excellent athletes shall be honoured on the prestigious BWF Participant of the Yr Awards in Hangzhou on December 11. The awards ceremony shall be held through the annual BWF World Tour Finals gala dinner.
There are eight award classes, together with three for para badminton. The nominees have been ratified by the BWF Council and chosen primarily based on performances from November 1, 2022 to October 31, 2023.
An outright winner of the Eddy Choong Most Promising Participant shall be introduced on the night.
The BWF World Tour Finals shall be performed on the Hangzhou Olympic Sports activities Centre Gymnasium from December 13-17.
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