HS Prannoy won a bronze medal in men's singles at the BWF World Badminton Championships 2023
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Indian badminton player HS Prannoy won the bronze medal in the men's singles category at the BWF World Badminton Championships 2023.
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HS Prannoy achieved the feat by winning his semi-final match against Thailand's Kunlavut Witidsarn in Copenhagen, Denmark.
World number nine HS Prannoy lost the match to world number three Kunlavut Witidsarn by 21-18, 13-21, 14-21.
The match lasted for one hour and 16 minutes at the Royal Arena.
HS Prannoy became the fifth Indian men's singles player to win a medal at the BWF World Badminton Championships.
Kidambi Srikanth is the only Indian to reach the men's singles final (in 2021) of the same event.
The 28th edition of BWF World Badminton Championships 2023, sponsored by TotalEnergies, was held at Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark from 21st to 27th August.
Copenhagen has been chosen as the host for the BWF World Championships for the fifth time.
About BWF World Championships
It was formerly known as the IBF World Championships and is also known as the World Badminton Championships.
It is a prestigious badminton tournament officially sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).
The inaugural tournament took place in 1977 and followed a triennial (once every three years) schedule until 1983.
The early years faced challenges as the World Badminton Federation (later merged with the IBF to form the Unified Badminton Federation) organized a similar tournament a year after the IBF World Championships, sharing similar objectives.
From 1985 onwards, the championship adopted a biennial pattern, taking place every two years until 2005.
From 2006 onwards, the tournament turned into an annual event on the BWF calendar.
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