: Tokyo 2020: List of badminton entries confirmed – Sindhu, Sai Praneeth, Satwik-Chirag from India #IndiaNEWS The final list of entries for badminton was confirmed on Monday, with Rio silver medallist

Tokyo 2020: List of badminton entries confirmed – Sindhu, Sai Praneeth, Satwik-Chirag from India #IndiaNEWS
The final list of entries for badminton was confirmed on Monday, with Rio silver medallist PV Sindhu, World Championship bronze medallist B Sai Praneeth and rising young doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy the only Indian shuttlers making the cut for India as was expected based on their rankings. Rio 2016 Olympic Games men’s singles gold medallist Chen Long of China is the only defending champion in any of the five categories, the governing body said. Women’s singles gold medallist from 2016 Carolina Marin had confirmed that she had to undergo surgery after scans revealed a tear on her anterior cruciate ligament and both meniscus on her left knee, ruling her out of the Tokyo Games which begins in the Japanese capital on July 23.India’s only other Olympic medallist in the sport, Saina Nehwal, had missed the cut due to her low ranking in the Race to Tokyo qualification. Former world No 1 Srikanth Kidambi, who was in the draw at Rio 2016, is the other notable absentee. Viktor Axelsen (Denmark), Sindhu (India), Nozomi Okuhara (Japan) and Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying (Malaysia) are the other returning medallists in their categories. Shin Seungchan (Korea) will look to better her women’s doubles Rio 2016 bronze with new partner...Read more

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