Despite their remarkable dominance on the court and breaking unprecedented records, India's Badminton stars Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty express a continual desire to achieve more and inspire the next generation. Satwiksairaj and Chirag clinched India's first-ever Asian Games gold medal in badminton, still, they are striving for more in the future, keeping the hunger alive and inspiring the next generation as well. "Personally I would say that we have a lot more to achieve. We are satisfied but not really satisfied. We have much more to achieve and we want to achieve more and definitely feels good to be World No. 1 and Asian Champions. We have a lot more hunger inside. We have a lot more to do in the upcoming tournaments and obviously we wanted to inspire a lot many young children to pick any sport. Good signs for badminton that a lot more picking the sport in a professional way," Satwiksairaj told ANI.
Chirag echoed his partner's sentiments, emphasizing their unquenched desire to progress, "Like Satwik said we are not yet satisfied we have a lot more tournaments and things to achieve in the future. We are looking forward to it and I hope in someway we can mentor these kids and I hope there are many more people playing at the highest level and bring many more medals for the country."
The star shuttler duo have not only gained attention with their dominance on the badminton court but also taking social media by storm with their unique dance steps which they perform after winning a game.
Satwiksairaj revealed how the story behind that special dance and said, "It started from Thomas Cup. Thomas Cup finals. For me it naturally comes when I hear any drums or sound I automatically start dancing. So, it happened in
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