{"id":107849,"date":"2024-08-04T11:49:10","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T11:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/04\/lakshya-sen-suffers-agonizing-loss-to-reigning-champion-axelsen-at-paris-olympics-in-contention-for-bronze\/"},"modified":"2024-08-04T11:49:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T11:49:11","slug":"lakshya-sen-suffers-agonizing-loss-to-reigning-champion-axelsen-at-paris-olympics-in-contention-for-bronze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/04\/lakshya-sen-suffers-agonizing-loss-to-reigning-champion-axelsen-at-paris-olympics-in-contention-for-bronze\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakshya Sen suffers agonizing loss to reigning champion Axelsen at Paris Olympics; in contention for bronze"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/resize.indiatvnews.com\/en\/centered\/newbucket\/1200_675\/2024\/08\/indiatv-2024-08-04t162625-1722768989.jpg?fit=1200,675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Lakshya Sen suffers agonizing loss to reigning champion Axelsen at Paris Olympics; in contention for bronze\" title=\"Lakshya Sen suffers agonizing loss to reigning champion Axelsen at Paris Olympics; in contention for bronze\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"atimgbign\" id=\"story-featured-image\" style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<figure class=\"artbigimg row\"><figcaption><span class=\"author\">Image Source : GETTY<\/span> Indian badminton player Lakshya Sen at Paris Olympics 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"artconfp\">India&#8217;s star badminton player Lakshya Sen went down fighting against the world no.2 Viktor Axelsen in the semi-finals at the Paris Olympics 2024. The reigning Olympic champion proved too strong for the young Indian shuttler with a 22-20, 21-14\u00a0win in the men&#8217;s singles semi-final.  <!-- \/8323530\/ITv_Desktop_VDO_1X1 -->\n  <\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old Lakshya threw away a 16-11 lead in the opening set and a 7-0 lead in the second game against the two-time Olympic medalist. Lakshya still remains in contention for a bronze medal match where he faces the seventh-seeded\u00a0Zii Jia Lee of Malaysia tomorrow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lakshya remains India&#8217;s only hope for a badminton medal in Paris after early exits for medal hopefuls PV Sindhu and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty. Lakshya knocked out HS Prannoy in the men&#8217;s singles round of 16 while Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa suffered a women&#8217;s doubles group-stage exit after losing all three matches.<\/p>\n<p>India has won a badminton medal in each of the last three editions at the Summer Games with Saina Nehwal winning bronze in the 2012 London Games and PV Sindhu claiming a silver in Rio 2016 and bronze in the last Tokyo Olympics in 2020. Prannoy set India&#8217;s best achievement in men&#8217;s event in badminton at the Olympics after securing the semi-final berth and will become the first male shuttler to win a medal if he emerges victorious in the bronze medal clash.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More to follow&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async>\nfunction loadFacebookScript(){\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '529056027274737');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n}\nwindow.addEventListener('load', (event) => {\n\tsetTimeout(function(){\n        loadFacebookScript();\n\t}, 5000);\n});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/sports\/other\/lakshya-sen-suffers-agonizing-loss-to-reigning-champion-axelsen-in-contention-for-bronze-at-paris-olympics-2024-08-04-945214\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Source : GETTY Indian badminton player Lakshya Sen at Paris Olympics 2024 India&#8217;s star badminton player Lakshya Sen went down fighting against the world no.2 Viktor Axelsen in the semi-finals at the Paris Olympics 2024. 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