Paris Olympics 2024: Lakshya Sen lost in the bronze medal match (AP)
India’s ace shuttler, Lakshya Sen reflected on his campaign at the Paris 2024 Olympics where he missed out on a bronze medal. He described his campaign as ‘an honour and a heartbreak’.
India’s badminton star, Lakshya Sen posted a heartfelt note following his heartbreaking campaign where he missed out on a bronze medal after a valiant performance where he went up against some top contenders.
Sen’s campaign came to a halt as he was beaten by Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia 13-21, 21-16 and 21-11 to end his campaign on a disappointing note. He posted on his official handle on X where he stated that he was honoured to have taken part in the quadrennial event but was also heartbroken that he could not bring home a medal.
Hi everyone!My journey at the Paris 2024 Olympics has been both an honor and a heartbreak. I gave my all, fought with every ounce of strength, but fell just short of the podium.I am very grateful to all the supporters for their unwavering support. pic.twitter.com/9Zm8QzhY9Y
— Lakshya Sen (@lakshya_sen) August 6, 2024
He wrote, “Hi everyone! My journey at the Paris 2024 Olympics has been both an honor and a heartbreak. I gave my all, fought with every ounce of strength, but fell just short of the podium. I am very grateful to all the supporters for their unwavering support”.
Sen’s campaign was certainly not an easy one. He had to go up against his fellow compatriot in HS Prannoy in the Round of 16 match. But Sen put up a dominant win with a straight-set victory to make his way into the quarter-finals.
He was then up against Taiwan’s 12-seed, Chou Tien-chen but the Indian shuttler put up a fine performance from his end after conceding the first set to make his way forward to the next stage.
The luck of the draw was certainly not on his side as he was up against the defending champion Viktor Axelsen who proved to be too hot to handle as Sen crumbled in a straight-set defeat to make his way onto a bronze-medal match.
Disappointment was certainly in the air as the Indian badminton contingent went home without a single medal and many questions arose on whether there needed to be changes made due to the underperformance of all the players.
Sen had certainly put up a good fight against Axelsen in the first set where he took the game deep but did not come through in the end while the champion went on to show his class in the second set to take the game. The Danish international also went on to take home the gold as well.
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