Last Updated on 05/08/2024 by wccexam Desk
Lakshya Sen Bronze Medal Match: Indian team’s star badminton player Lakshya Sen’s dream of winning a medal in Paris Olympics 2024 has been shattered. Lakshya’s bronze medal match was against Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia on Monday (August 5), in which he lost 21-13, 16-21, 11-21.
If he had won, it would have been the country’s fourth medal in this Olympics. Let us tell you that Lakshya Sen, born in Almora, Uttarakhand, has inherited badminton. His grandfather CL Sen is called the Bhishma Pitamah of badminton in Almora.
Prakash Padukone’s father is serving in the academy
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Lakshya’s father DK Sen has played badminton at the national level and is also a national level coach. DK Sen is currently serving at the Prakash Padukone Academy. Lakshya Sen’s brother Chirag Sen has also represented India in badminton at the international level.
To give his son good badminton training, DK Sen left Almora and settled in Bangalore. In Bangalore, Lakshya Sen took admission in Prakash Padukone Academy, where he surprised Prakash Padukone with his talent during the trials.
Lakshya’s hard work paid off and he started climbing the ladder of success at a very young age. Sen proved his mettle by winning a bronze medal in the 2016 Junior World Championship. Then in the year 2018, he won a yellow medal in the same tournament.
Lakshya got great success in World Championship
Lakshya Sen’s biggest success at the senior level came in the World Championship last year. Lakshya won a bronze medal in that tournament held in Huelva. Among Indian male players, apart from Lakshya, only Prakash Padukone and Kidambi Srikanth have been successful in winning medals in the World Championship.
Lakshya Sen won his first Super 500 title through the India Open in January 2021. Then in the final match of the tournament held in Delhi, Lakshya defeated Loh Kean Yew of Singapore. Lakshya Sen made it to the final of the All England Championship in the year 2022, which was very special for him. However, he could not win the final match.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)