Indian athlete sets record for strongest shuttlecock

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy set the world record for the most powerful shuttlecock, with a speed of 565 km/h. This Indian male tennis player broke the previous record of 493 km / h set by Tan Boon Heong, the Malaysian athlete who once held the world number one, in May 2013.

Meanwhile, Pearly Tan of Malaysia set the women's record with a speed of 438 km / h. She is also the first woman to win a Guinness World Record in this category.

Rankireddy, born in 2000, 1m84 tall, right-handed, and Chirag Shetty are the only Indian men's doubles to win the BWF World Tour 1000. This pair has been in the top 10 of the men's doubles rankings of the World Confederation of Birds. BWF), with the highest career position being second.

Tan was born in 2000, won gold medals in women's doubles and mixed teams at the Commonwealth Games (Commonwealth Games) 2022.

Rankireddy and Tan both set records under controlled conditions at the Yonex Tokyo Factory in Soka, Saitama, Japan on April 14, 2023. But it was not until August 2 that the Guinness Book of Records confirmed and awarded the record certificate to these two athletes

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the method of measurement is that the moment of hitting the bridge is captured by a high-speed camera, with the instantaneous velocity of the ball after impact calculated from the photographic record. The calculation method is that the distance traveled and the time the ball has flown is calculated between the two coordinates.

Instantaneous velocity is calculated based on distance, time, and velocity measurements, while the change in the ball's airspeed is graphically represented.

To compare Rankireddy's record shot, the fastest speed of an F1 race car is 397.48 km/h, the fastest tennis serve reaches a maximum of 263 km/h. The fastest golf swing speed is 349.38 km/h, while the strongest kick has a speed of 129 km/h.