Badminton
Olympics 2024 Badminton: Lakshya Sen finishes fourth, Lee Zii Jia wins bronze - Highlights
Lakshya Sen finishes fourth at the Paris Olympics as Lee Zii Jia beat him in 71 minutes in the bronze medal playoff.
Lakshya Sen conceded an opening game lead to Lee Zii Jia to lose the bronze medal playoff against his Malaysian counterpart 21-13, 16-21 11-21 in 71 minutes.
Despite the defeat, Lakshya ended his Paris 2024 campaign on a high. He became the first Indian male shuttler to make it to the semifinals at the Olympic Games.
Catch highlights:
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- 5 Aug 2024 1:08 PM GMT
Game 2: Sen trails 12-14
A cross court smash from Jia opens the court for an easy put away for the Malaysian.
- 5 Aug 2024 1:07 PM GMT
Game 2: 12-12
Sen is back.
A booming down the line smash and we're all square at 12-all.
- 5 Aug 2024 1:06 PM GMT
Game 2: Sen trails 11-12
Finally, Sen wins a point.
He'll now look to claw his way back into this game again.
- 5 Aug 2024 1:03 PM GMT
Game 2: Sen trails 8-11
Jia has found his game and out of the blue, he leads and the errors are now coming from Sen.
Jia has just won 8 points in a row.
- 5 Aug 2024 1:01 PM GMT
Game 2: Sen trails 8-9
For the first time in the match, Sen trail.
Five points on the trot for Jia now.
- 5 Aug 2024 1:00 PM GMT
Game 2: Sen leads 8-7
A couple of errors from Sen and Jia is slowing narrowing the gap now.
- 5 Aug 2024 12:58 PM GMT
Game 2: Sen leads 8-3
Sen looks just as sharp as he did in Game 1.
He's in control at the moment.
