Star India shuttler Satwiksairaj Rankireddy has set the Guinness world report for the quickest hit by a male participant in badminton, recording a mindboggling 565 km/h along with his smash. Satwik, who alongwith his accomplice Chirag Shetty gained the Indonesia Open Super 1000 just lately, thus broke a decade-long report set in May, 2013 by Malaysian Tan Boon Heong, who had produced a pace of 493 km/h (306.34 mph) along with his smash. Satwik’s smash was sooner than the highest pace of 372.6 km/h achieved by a Formula 1 automobile.

Malaysia’s Tan Pearly set the Guinness world report for the quickest feminine badminton hits with a exceptional pace of 438 km/h (about 272 mph).

“Yonex is proud to announce that Yonex badminton athletes, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND) and Tan Pearly (MAS), have set new Guinness world records title for the fastest male and female badminton hits,” the Japanese sports activities tools manufacturing firm stated in a launch.

“Since the previous Guinness world records title for the fastest badminton hit was recorded in May 2013, this means that Rankireddy broke the record for the first time in more than a decade.” The world report makes an attempt have been achieved on April 14, 2023, and have been verified by official judges from the Guinness world information primarily based on the pace measurement outcomes from that day.

Satwik’s smash was performed in a managed surroundings on the Yonex manufacturing unit gymnasium in Soka, Saitama, Japan.

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