Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand end India’s 15-year wait with World Championships women’s doubles medal

Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, both 23, won a women's doubles medal at the World Badminton Championships at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium on August 21, 2026, becoming the first Indian women's doubles pair to win a medal at the event since 2011 and ending India's 15-year medal wait.

The pair had been sidelined for months after Treesa suffered an ankle injury.