Asian Games: Indian duo Satwik-Chirag wins historic doubles gold

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty downed South Korea's Korea's Choi Solgyu-Kim Wonho 21-18 21-16 to clinch a historic gold medal

Hangzhou: The Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty downed South Korea’s Korea’s Choi Solgyu-Kim Wonho 21-18 21-16 to clinch a historic gold medal at the Asian Games here on Saturday.

The Indian pair made multiple mini comebacks to win the opening game in 29 minutes.

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But, in the second game, the Indians put their rivals under pressure and sealed the match that lasted 57 minutes.

Satwiksairaj and Chirag thus became the first-ever Indian badminton doubles pair to win the Asian Games gold medal, having eliminated former world champions Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the last-four stage.