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Kidambi Srikanth (Quarter-final, Rio de Janeiro - 2016)
In April 2018, Kidambi Srikanth became only the third Indian after Prakash Padukone and Saina Nehwal to be ranked world no. 1 as per the BWF rankings. It was also the year in which he won a Silver medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.
But it was a couple of years prior to the feat that the Indian achieved the pinnacle in his career, having reached the quarter-finals of the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The Pullela Gopichand-coached shuttler did not break a sweat en-route to the round-of-16. Srikanth edged past Denmark’s Jan Jorgenesen to reach the quarter-finals of the men’s singles event.
He was up against the legend, Lin Dan, and the odds were heavily stacked against the Indian. Surprisingly, Srikanth clinched the second game and restored parity after losing the first, but the Chinese came back with authority in the decider to sweep away with scores of 21-6, 11-21, 21-18. Thus ending Srikanth's voyage in Rio de Janeiro.
