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:
Live Updates
- 5 Aug 2024 12:57 PM GMT
Game 2: Sen leads 6-2
Sen is quick at the net.
Jia pushes the shuttle back but Sen is right there for the tap-in.
- 5 Aug 2024 12:55 PM GMT
Game 2: Sen leads 2-1
Game 2 is now underway and Sen has picked up proceedings from where he left in the first game.
- 5 Aug 2024 12:53 PM GMT
Sen wins the first game 21-13
Sen has dominated the first game.
Jia just did not get going in the first game.
Sen has been on the money from the word go and he's had Jia in a fix.
With a string of unforced errors, Jia has been outplayed in Game 1.
- 5 Aug 2024 12:50 PM GMT
Game 1: Sen leads 19-13
Sen plays the shuttle to the back of the court and the review shows that it lands in.
Sen just two points away from winning the first game now.
- 5 Aug 2024 12:47 PM GMT
Game 1: Sen leads 16-11
Body shots from both players now.
First Sen and then Jia.
