CWG 22: 20-12 months-outdated Lakshya Sen wins badminton Gold right after gorgeous fightback in final vs Ng Tze Yong
20-calendar year-old Lakshya Sen scripted an outstanding comeback from in-kind Ng Tze Yong of Malaysia to win a Gold in men’s singles badminton in his maiden visual appeal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Lakshya Sen missing the opening video game 19-21 right after a hard-fought battle in opposition to decreased-ranked Ng Tze Yong of Malaysia but he fought again to acquire a unforgettable Gold for India on the closing day of the Birmingham Online games.
Lakshya was trailing 8-9 in the next game but stitched a run of 13 straight details to power a decider which he received as he rode on the momentum to script a spectacular victory in the last that stretched to more than an hour. The Indian shuttler won the fiercely-fought men’s singles ultimate 19-21, 21-9, 21-16.
CWG 2022: MEDAL Table
Lakshya Sen, a entire world championships bronze medalist, joins his mentor Prakash Padukone (1978), Parupalli Kashyap (2014) and Syed Modi (1982) in an elite record of Indian men to have gained Gold in singles at Commonwealth Games.
Lakshya Sen’s Gold medal arrived an hour immediately after PV Sindhu gained her maiden singles Gold medal, finishing the whole set of Commonwealth Games medal. The Indian had misplaced to Saina Nehwal in the final in Gold Coast but she was flawless in spite of enjoying a strapping on her remaining ankle.
Incredible Rise FOR LAKSHYA
With his maiden medal for India at a multi-sport celebration, Lakshya is definitely demonstrating signals of what is to occur as the Almorah shuttler is regarded as one particular of the potential stars of the sport.
Lakshya has been in phenomenal form, placing guiding the heartbreak of not qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 because of to the Covid-19 pandemic. Lakshya was in the race to e book a berth in his maiden Online games look but the cancellation of tournaments on the tour owing to the pandemic in 2020 saw him miss out on 1.
Ever considering the fact that, Lakshya, who is chiseled at the Prakash Padukone Academy, has been in high-quality kind on the tour. Lakshya received his maiden Globe Championships medal – a bronze in Huelva previous year even though he finished runner-up at the prestigious All England Championships before this 12 months.
Lakshya Sen had a rather simpler passage to the finals as the 20-12 months-outdated had defeated lower-rated players, Georges Julien Paul of Mauritius, in the quarter-closing prior to fending off a menace from Singapore Jia Heng Teh in the semi-closing.
The leading seed and Planet No. 10 was dominant en route to the remaining as he did not enable his lower-ranked opponents problems him at all, flaunting his incredible combination of attacking and defensive participate in.
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20-calendar year-old Lakshya Sen scripted an outstanding comeback from in-kind Ng Tze Yong of Malaysia to win a Gold in men’s singles badminton in his maiden visual appeal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Lakshya Sen missing the opening video game 19-21 right after a hard-fought battle in opposition to decreased-ranked Ng Tze Yong of Malaysia but he fought again to acquire a unforgettable Gold for India on the closing day of the Birmingham Online games.
Lakshya was trailing 8-9 in the next game but stitched a run of 13 straight details to power a decider which he received as he rode on the momentum to script a spectacular victory in the last that stretched to more than an hour. The Indian shuttler won the fiercely-fought men’s singles ultimate 19-21, 21-9, 21-16.
CWG 2022: MEDAL Table
Lakshya Sen, a entire world championships bronze medalist, joins his mentor Prakash Padukone (1978), Parupalli Kashyap (2014) and Syed Modi (1982) in an elite record of Indian men to have gained Gold in singles at Commonwealth Games.
Lakshya Sen’s Gold medal arrived an hour immediately after PV Sindhu gained her maiden singles Gold medal, finishing the whole set of Commonwealth Games medal. The Indian had misplaced to Saina Nehwal in the final in Gold Coast but she was flawless in spite of enjoying a strapping on her remaining ankle.
Incredible Rise FOR LAKSHYA
With his maiden medal for India at a multi-sport celebration, Lakshya is definitely demonstrating signals of what is to occur as the Almorah shuttler is regarded as one particular of the potential stars of the sport.
Lakshya has been in phenomenal form, placing guiding the heartbreak of not qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 because of to the Covid-19 pandemic. Lakshya was in the race to e book a berth in his maiden Online games look but the cancellation of tournaments on the tour owing to the pandemic in 2020 saw him miss out on 1.
Ever considering the fact that, Lakshya, who is chiseled at the Prakash Padukone Academy, has been in high-quality kind on the tour. Lakshya received his maiden Globe Championships medal – a bronze in Huelva previous year even though he finished runner-up at the prestigious All England Championships before this 12 months.
Lakshya Sen had a rather simpler passage to the finals as the 20-12 months-outdated had defeated lower-rated players, Georges Julien Paul of Mauritius, in the quarter-closing prior to fending off a menace from Singapore Jia Heng Teh in the semi-closing.
The leading seed and Planet No. 10 was dominant en route to the remaining as he did not enable his lower-ranked opponents problems him at all, flaunting his incredible combination of attacking and defensive participate in.
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