Star India shuttler Satwiksairaj Rankireddy has set the Guinness world record for the fastest hit by a male player in badminton, recording a mind boggling 565 km/h with his smash.
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00:00 The Indian badminton double star, Satwik Sairaj Renke Reddy has etched his name in
00:10 the Guinness World Record books by recording the fastest hit by a male player ever.
00:16 Satwik's smash of 565 km/hr was the fastest ever in badminton.
00:24 Satwik's smash was conducted in a controlled environment at the Yonex Factory Gymnasium
00:31 in Soka, Saitama, Japan.
00:34 The world record attempts were achieved on April 14, 2023 and were verified by judges
00:41 from Guinness World Records.
00:43 The Indian pair of Satwik and Chirag Shetty have been on a winning momentum of late as
00:50 they won the Indonesia Open Super 1000 recently.
00:54 Satwik's smash broke a decade-long record set by Malaysia's Stan Boon Hiong of 493 km/hr
01:05 i.e. 306.34 mph.
01:10 That was achieved in May 2013.
01:12 Satwik's smash was faster than the top speed of 372.6 km/hr achieved by a Formula One car.
01:23 Malaysia's Stan Purely said the Guinness World Record for the fastest female badminton hits
01:29 with a remarkable speed of 438 km/hr i.e. 272 mph.
01:38 The Japanese sports equipment manufacturing company said in a release, "Yonex is proud
01:46 to announce that Yonex badminton athlete Satwik Chirag Shetty, who is an Indian, and Stan
01:53 Purely, who is a Malaysian, have set new Guinness World Records title for the fastest male and
02:01 female badminton hits, respectively.
02:04 Since the previous Guinness World Records title for the fastest badminton hit was recorded
02:10 in May 2013, this means that Renke Reddy broke the record for the first time in more than
02:17 a decade.
02:18 The world record attempts were achieved on April 14, 2023 and were verified by official
02:25 judges from the Guinness World Record based on the speed measurement results from that
02:30 day.
02:31 Satwik's match was conducted in a controlled environment at the Yonex Factory Gymnasium
02:37 in Soka, Saitama, Japan.
02:40 Satwik Sairaj Renke Reddy is an Indian badminton player born on 13 August 2000.
02:46 He hails from the Amalapuram district of Andhra Pradesh.
02:50 He specialises in doubles and mixed doubles and represents India in these two categories
02:56 internationally.
02:57 Satwik Sairaj Renke Reddy's major international accomplishment came in 2018 when he won the
03:04 silver medal for Chirag Shetty in a doubles event, followed by a gold medal in the mixed
03:11 team event at Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
03:16 In 2019, Satwik Sairaj broke into the limelight after he and Chirag Shetty won the Thailand
03:23 Open doubles title.
03:25 They became the first Indian doubles pair to win the Super 500 series title.
03:30 Satwik Sairaj Renke Reddy made the cut for his debut Olympics at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics
03:37 and is seeded ninth with Chirag Shetty in men's doubles category.
03:42 Satwik Sairaj Renke Reddy has also been bestowed with the Arjuna Award for badminton in August
03:49 2020.
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