Podium of BWF World Championship 2021

Sports News: Badminton: BWF World Championship 2021

Loh Kean Yew of Singapore clinched the Men’s Singles title at the World Championship 2021 held at Huelva, Spain on Sunday, 19th December 2021.

He defeated Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikant by 21-15, 22-20 in a 43-minute-long match.

Kidambi secured a historical silver medal in the men’s singles category.

Medals scored by India in the past are:

1983 Bronze Prakash Padukone
2011 Bronze Jwala Gutta & Ashwini Ponappa
2013 & 14 Bronze P V Sindhu
2015 Silver Saina Nehwal
2017 Silver P V Sindhu
2017 Bronze Saina Nehwal
2018 Silver P V Sindhu
2019 Silver B Sai Praneeth
2019 Gold P V Sindhu
2021 Bronze Lakshya Sen
2021 Silver Kidambi Srikanth

Image Credit: Twitter of @srikidambi