Lakshya Sen vs Zii Jia Lee Badminton Bronze Medal Match Highlights: 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. (Paris Olympics 2024 Medals Tally | Day 10 Live Updates)
Here are the Highlights of badminton men's singles bronze medal playoff between Lakshya Sen and Lee Zii Jia:
- 19:31 (IST)Lakshya Sen Olympics LIVE: India's best men's singles finishTo celebrate the highs, this is the best-ever showing by a male Indian badminton player at the Olympics men's singles. Lakshya Sen became the first man to reach the semis, beating Parupalli Kashyap and Kidami Srikanth who went till the quarters.
- 19:26 (IST)Lakshya Sen Olympics LIVE: What a tournament it has beenLakshya Sen has fully established himself as a rising star in the world of badminton. Viktor Axelsen admitted that he would be a medal contender in future Olympics, and this is a great trailer for the future, if that proves to be the case.
- 19:15 (IST)Lakshya Sen Olympics LIVE: Congratulations to Lee Zii Jia!The 26-year-old Malaysian world no. 7 recovered from a sloppy first game to come roaring back and win the match. He even trailed 8-3 in the second game, and it seemed like bronze for Lakshya was right around the corner. But Lee stayed strong, resilient and improved his game with each point.
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