Satwiksairaj Rankireddy  

Vispy Kharadi, famously known as the Steel Man of India, made a Guinness World Record by bending 24 iron bars with his head in just one minute. Vikas Swami, a 38-year-old from Meerut, UP, made a Guinness World Record by lifting over 80 kg using his mouth while standing on his hands.

In the Fuzhou China Open quarter-final match against China's Li Jun Hui and Liu Yu Chen, the Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty outclassed the world number three ranked opponents in two straight games 21-19, 21-15 at the Haixia Olympic Sports Center

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty had enjoyed a dream run at the French Open (BWF World Tour Super 750 event). However, they could not cross the final hurdle, losing to the top-seeded duo from Indonesia, Marcus Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Japan's Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta Watanabe 21-11, 25-23 in the semi-finals. The Indian pair won the first game quite comprehensively and they carried on with their winning momentum to wrap up the match in 49 minutes

World No. 26 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa showed their grit as they recovered from a mid-game slump to outwit the sixth seeded Indonesian pair 22-20, 17-21, 21-17 in a 50-minute match to enter the second round of the $1,000,000 World Tour super 1000 tournament (China Open)

Here are  all the top stories of the week from July 29 to August 4 in MyNation’s weekly sports review show — Sportstop. While the Indian cricket team won the T20I series against the West Indies, badminton players Satwiksairaj RankiReddy and Chirag Shetty created history at Thailand Open in Bangkok

Among the women, Olympic medallist PV Sindhu was the only one who won for India. HS Prannoy won the only match for the country in the men's quarter-finals
 

Indonesia took a 2-0 lead following Sanjaya and Gideon's 21-19, 19-21,16-21 win at Jakarta on the second day of the ongoing Asian Games

World No 8 Kidambi Srikanth put up a tough fight but went down 21-23, 22-20, 10-21 to lower-ranked Anthony Ginting of Indonesia

Nehwal downed 2013 champion Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand 21-16 21-19 to set up a meeting with Olympic champion and two-time world champion Carolina Marin