Badminton: Chirag Shetty-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy rise to career-best No. 4
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The Paris Olympics 2024 is underway as the Indian contingent are rubbing shoulders with the best of athletes across the world. 

A total of 117 Indian stars have travelled to Paris to compete across 16 sporting disciplines which consist of 70 men athletes and 47 female.

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India have kicked off their journey in Badminton with Lakshya Sen picking up his first win of the competition on Monday in men's singles category.

The doubles team consisting of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty - who are medal hopefuls this time around, were also scheduled to play their first game on Monday, however, their match got cancelled after their German opponent of Mark Lamsfuss and Marvin Seide withdrew due to injury.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy's fanboy moment in Paris

Just before Olympics 2024 kicked off, Indian doubles badminton star Satwiksairaj Rankireddy had a fanboy moment in the games village in Paris as he bumped into Tennis legend Rafael Nadal and clicked a photograph with the Spain star. 

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