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 12:46 PM GMT
Game 1: Sen leads 15-10
A cross-court smash from Sen and then a follow-up overheard down the line winner from Sen.
Great to watch.
- 5 Aug 2024 12:44 PM GMT
Game 1: Sen leads 13-7
A confident cross court smash winner from Jia.
The first real shot of authority that he's played all game.
- 5 Aug 2024 12:42 PM GMT
Game 1: Sen leads 12-6
Quick hands at the net from Sen and an error from Jia hands Sen the point.
- 5 Aug 2024 12:41 PM GMT
Game 1: Sen leads 11-5
A string of smashes from Sen but Jia puts all of them back in play.
Sen forces the shuttle to the back of the court and an error in judgement from Jia hands Sen the point.
Its all Sen at the moment at the first change over.
- 5 Aug 2024 12:37 PM GMT
Game 1: Sen leads 8-4
Sen has the measure of Jia in the opening exchanges so far.
- 5 Aug 2024 12:36 PM GMT
Game 1: Sen leads 7-4
Jia is pushing several shuttles long and handing easy points to Sen at the moment.
- 5 Aug 2024 12:35 PM GMT
Game 1: Sen leads 6-2
Sen looks really sharp today and strong in front of the net as well.
Several errors from Jia.
- 5 Aug 2024 12:34 PM GMT
Game 1: Sen leads 3-1
Sen is off to a confident start.
Good drop shot to force an error from Jia.
- 5 Aug 2024 12:33 PM GMT
Game 1: Lee Zii Jia serves to begin proceedings
A long exchange and Jia strikes the shuttle wide to hand Sen opening point.
