Sports · 24 August 2026
Treesa-Gayatri Secure Medal at BWF World Championships
Exam-focused facts from the 24 August 2026 current affairs briefing.
Key facts
- Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand defeated China's Jia Yifan and Zhang Shuxian 16-21, 21-15, 21-13 in the quarterfinals of the BWF World Championships 2026.
- The match was played at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi.
- With this win, the Indian pair assured themselves of a medal, becoming the first Indian women's doubles pair to do so since 2011.
- They will face top-seeded Sheng Shu Liu and Ning Tan in the semifinals.
- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost to China's Wei Keng Liang and Chang Wang in the men's doubles quarterfinals.