Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty win bronze at BWF World Championships 2025 in Paris
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty settled for bronze at the 2025 BWF World Championships in Paris after losing the men's doubles semi-final to China's Chen Bo Yang and Liu Yi on 30 August 2025.
Summary
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won a bronze medal at the 2025 BWF World Championships in Paris after losing the men's doubles semi-final to China's Chen Bo Yang and Liu Yi 19-21, 21-18, 12-21 on 30 August 2025. The 67-minute defeat ended their bid to become the first Indian men's doubles pair to reach a World Championships final, and it closed India's campaign at the event. The medal is the pair's second at the Worlds after bronze in Tokyo in 2022, and it kept India's streak of at least one medal at every World Championships since 2011.
Key facts
- Event
- BWF World Championships 2025, Paris
- Medal
- Bronze – men's doubles
- Semi-final
- Lost to Chen Bo Yang / Liu Yi (China) 19-21, 21-18, 12-21 on 30 Aug
- Previous Worlds medal
- Bronze, Tokyo 2022
- India's streak
- At least one medal at every Worlds since 2011
Practice MCQs 3 questions
The 2025 BWF World Championships, where Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won bronze, were held in:
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Correct answer: D — Paris
The 2025 BWF World Championships were held in Paris; the Indian pair lost the semi-final on 30 August.
Satwik–Chirag lost the men's doubles semi-final of the 2025 BWF World Championships to a pair from:
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Correct answer: A — China
They lost 19-21, 21-18, 12-21 to China's Chen Bo Yang and Liu Yi.
Consider the following statements about Satwik–Chirag's bronze at the 2025 BWF World Championships: 1. It was the pair's second World Championships medal, after bronze in Tokyo in 2022. 2. With it, India kept its streak of at least one medal at every World Championships since 2011. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
Both are correct, as reported by Olympics.com and the New Indian Express.