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Chandigarh, August 6
On Monday, August 5, the 22-year-old shuttler Lakshya Sen lost the bronze medal match in men’s singles to Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia in three gruelling games: 21-13, 16-21, 11-21, over 71 minutes. This heartbreaking fourth-place finish marked the first time since 2008 that India failed to win a badminton medal at the Olympics.
“With Lakshya Sen’s defeat in the bronze medal match, Indian shuttlers will return from the Paris Olympics empty-handed. This is the first time since 2008 that India failed to win a badminton medal at the Olympics. Saina Nehwal won a bronze in the London Games while PV Sindhu won Silver in Rio in 2016 and a Bronze in Tokyo in 2021,” reported India Today.
“He has always been a little uncomfortable playing from the faster side or playing with the wind. He needs to work a little more on that. When he is playing with the wind, he is very tentative. That’s an area we need to work,” he added.
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