Paris Olympics 2024 Day 9 Highlights: India advances to hockey semi-finals defeating Great Britain; Lakshya Sen loses to Axelsen in badminton
Lakshya will now play for the bronze medal against Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia on Monday.
Paris Olympics 2024
CHENNAI: India beat Great Britain 4-2 in penalty shoot-out to enter the semifinals of the men's hockey at the Paris Olympics, having played with only 10 players for more than 40 minutes on Sunday.
Lakshya Sen lost to the Danish player Victor Axlesen in two straight sets in the badminton singles semi-finals. At one point it looked like Lakshya would equalise by winning the second set after leading 7-0. But the defending champ was unstoppable and qualified for the final.
Lakshya will now play for the bronze medal against Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia on Monday.
Another upset for India in boxing as Lovlina Borgohain lost in the quarter-final to top seed Li Qian of China 1:4.
India’s Jeswin Aldrin failed to qualify to the Men’s long jump finals after only registering one successful jump of 7.61m which was not enough to make the cut. He ended up in 13th place.
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BADMINTON: Lakshya Sen in action LAKSHYA SEN VS Viktor Axelsen
Lakshya Sen has a challenging task ahead of him, with the 6-foot 'Great Dane' Viktor Axelsen standing between him and a podium finish.
The Danish powerhouse delivers returns at a speed of 400 kph, which look like shots raining from the sky, given his height that allows him to open his chest and increase racquet speed.
That said, Axelsen has had his share of injury concerns in the recent past, and there wouldn't be a better time for Lakshya, who's in the form of his life, to capitalise and secure his second win against the reigning Olympic champion
