Badminton & Table Tennis at Paris Olympics

[tirtha22 233]

Lakshya Sen through to Semi Finals by beating opponent from Chinese Taipei

 

[Roamingrover86 856]

Another first for us in this Olympics, First male singles player in SF

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Mathias Boe ends his coaching stint in India.

[Prashanth 175]

What a match between Lakshya and Viktor. Class personified.

[Roamingrover86 856]

Lakahay sen lost 0-2 to Victor Axelsen . He played superbly and nearly won the first game but Axelsen is on a different level. Let’s hope he can do well in the 🥉medal match. 

[Prakash 50]

Viktor Axelsen praised Lakshya Sen despite the Indian shuttler's loss in men's singles badminton semi-final on Sunday (Aug 4) at the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024.

Axelsen, the reigning world champion, however said that the India shuttler will be a gold medal contender during the next Olympics.

These rings do strange things to you. I know what they do to you mentally. Lakshya is the first Indian men’s singles player in the Olympic semifinals. No man in India has done what he has done. He’s already thinking of what is ahead. I could see that he was tensed. I knew he was getting nervous and It’s at that point that I have to be ready to take advantage of his mistake. I just have to keep the shuttle on court and wait for his mistake,” Axelsen said after win against Sen.

“I’ve gone through what he had before. But he’s going to be a real contender for the 2028 Olympics. I think the difference in experience made a difference today,” he added.

[sounak 40]

Sreeja should have closed the 3rd match. She was not herself with making so many errors. Now it is upto Manika to win the last singles.

[Prakash 50]

Table Tennis - Women's Team

 

beat  3-2 to march into quarter final.

[Siddhartha Talukdar 234]

I remember our previous encounter against  very clearly. It was in Olympics 2020 Team Qualification and we lost a close 3-2 to them. But the image of Daniela Dodean dancing over the the table after she Batra somehow remained etched in my mind. Glad we beat them

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Lakshya Sen adds another 4th place finish for India in this Olympics.

Lost against Zii Jia Lee