Olympics 2024: Lakshya Goes Down Fighting In Badminton Bronze Medal Match
Lakshya Sen suffered a heart-breaking loss on Monday as he went down in three games to Malaysia's seventh seed Lee Zii Jia in the men's badminton bronze medal match at the Paris Olympics 2024. Lakshya Sen won the first game 21-13. But having raced to an 8-3 lead in the second game, he ended up losing it 21-16. Lakshya took a medical time-out in the second game and also in the third game. There was a problem with his right arm which impacted his performance. Lakshya lost the third game 21-11, thus failing to become the first Indian male shuttler ever to win a medal at Olympics. In the last three editions of Olympics, India had won medals in badminton.
