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"High Time Players Step Up": 'Disappointed' Prakash Padukone Blasts Athletes' Near Misses In Paris

Lakshya Sen's heartbreaking loss to Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia in the bronze medal match in the 2024 Paris Olympics has confirmed the Indian badminton contingent's failure to win a medal at the Games. Following the loss, India's badminton legend Prakash Padukone, the coach and mentor of the team, stated that it was "high time the players step up and win". "All the support and finances needed to perform at the top level were given to the Indian players. It's not like earlier times when our players lacked facilities and funds. So, it's high time our players step up and win as expected," Padukone told reporters after Lakshya Sen lost his bronze medal match.

Viktor Axelsen, Man Who Beat Lakshya Sen, Wins Second Badminton Olympics Gold

Denmark's Viktor Axelsen retained his Olympic badminton title on Monday by demolishing Thailand's world champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn in less than an hour in the men's singles final in Paris. Backed by a vocal crowd of Danish fans at La Chapelle Arena, the second-seeded Axelsen surged past his eighth-seeded opponent 21-11, 21-11 in 52 minutes. The lanky Dane became the first man to retain his Olympic men's singles title since Chinese legend Lin Dan, who won in 2008 and 2012.

"Blood On The Floor": Lakshya Sen Reveals Why He Lost Momentum To Finish 4th In Paris Olympics Badminton

Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen suffered an inexplicable meltdown and missed out on an Olympic medal, going down in three games to Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia in the bronze play-off at the Paris Games on Monday. A fired-up Sen was unstoppable in the beginning but a nine-point streak from Lee in the second game changed the complexion of the match as the world number 7 Malaysian registered a 13-21 21-16 21-11 win in a 71-minute clash to secure the bronze.