Badminton: Meiraba Luwang moves up to 64th in world rankings
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, November 09 2022:
Maisnam Meiraba Luwang has gained two spots to be placed 64th in the latest word rankings released by Badminton World Federation (BWF).
The badminton ace from Manipur moved up to the 64th spot in the BWF rankings after his outings at Vietnam Open 2022 and Indonesia Master 2022.With his latest achievement, Meiraba has his eyes set on 2024 Olympics.
Currently, he is looking forward to participating in BWF Bahrain International Challenge 2022 (Nov 29-Dec 4) and Bangladesh International Challenge 2022 (Dec 7-11) .
The 19-year-old state lad has so far claimed 129 career wins in men's singles event.
Meiraba has already been selected for TOPS (Target Olympic Podium Scheme) up to 2028 Olympics and he is the only shuttler in the northeast region to get selected for the TOPS in men's singles event.
TOPS is a flagship programme of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to provide assistance to India's top athletes.
The scheme looks to add a premium to the preparations of these athletes so that they can win medals in the Olympics.
The scheme currently supports 104 TOPS Core Group athletes across 13 sports disciplines and hockey (M&W) teams and 269 TOPS Development Group athletes across 12 sports disciplines.