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Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen settled for a silver medal after he lost the men’s singles summit clash against Li Shifeng of China in straight games in the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires on Friday. Sen, the reigning junior Asian champion, lost 15-21, 19-21 in a 42-minute final match to bag the silver. He had beaten Shifeng in straight games in the quarterfinals of the Asian Championships in July but on Friday, it was the turn of his Chinese rival to turn the tables on him.
In both the games, Shifeng led all through and Sen was playing catch-up which he eventually could not succeed in the end.
In the first game, Shifeng took an early lead and raced to 14-5 in no time. Sen made a fine recovery to narrow down the gap to 13-16 but he could not sustain it and Shifeng went ahead 18-13 and then made it 20-14 to have six game points. Though Sen saved one game point, the Chinese won the next one to pocket the first game in 17 minutes.
.@lakshya_sen settles for silver as he went down in the finals 21-15; 21-19 against Li Shifeng of China at the #YouthOlympics final. Well done champ, there are more milestones to conquer! We are proud of you#IndiaontheRise pic.twitter.com/E3mFfDCTLc
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) October 12, 2018
The second game was a closer fight than the first but the Chinese was leading all the time. Shifeng was ahead 8-7 initially but the gap widened to 12-7 before Sen made it 11-14. The three-point gap remained for some time before the Chinese made it 18-14 and then 19-14.
Sen made a last-ditch effort to save the match by winning three straight points but Shifeng still made it 20-17 to have three match points.
Silver laden #BuenosAires2018 for Lakshya Sen!
A great week of some gruelling #Badminton action comes to an end for Lakshya with a Silver Medal! Becomes the only second Indian shuttler to earn laurels for #TeamIndia at @youtholympics! Congrats Lakshya #IAmTeamIndia pic.twitter.com/hqHlcCbYAK
— Team India (@ioaindia) October 12, 2018
Sen was still not throwing the towel as he reeled off two straight points to make it 19-20 and just one point away from a deuce. But his Chinese opponent was a hard nut to crack as Shifeng won the final point to pocket the second game and win the match to clinch the gold. This was India’s fourth silver along with three gold in the ongoing Youth Olympics.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 21 | 8 | 5 | 34 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 11 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| – | Mixed-NOCs (MIX) | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 7 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 6 | 7 | 9 | 22 |
| 5 | China (CHN) | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 6 | Iran (IRI) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | India (IND) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Australia (AUS) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | Romania (ROU) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | Colombia (COL) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | Argentina (ARG)* | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | Greece (GRE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | South Africa (RSA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Vietnam (VIE) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Moldova (MDA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Venezuela (VEN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 22 | France (FRA) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 23 | Georgia (GEO) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 23 | Thailand (THA) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 23 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 26 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 26 | Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 28 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 29 | Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 30 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 30 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 30 | Lithuania (LTU) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 30 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 30 | Tunisia (TUN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 35 | Morocco (MAR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 37 | Armenia (ARM) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 37 | Israel (ISR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 39 | Malaysia (MAS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 41 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 41 | United States (USA) | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 43 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 44 | Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 45 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 46 | Mongolia (MGL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 47 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 47 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 49 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 50 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 50 | Ecuador (ECU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 50 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 50 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 54 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 54 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 54 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 54 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 54 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 59 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 60 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 60 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 60 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 63 | Afghanistan (AFG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 63 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 63 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 63 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 63 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 63 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 63 | Kosovo (KOS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 63 | Niger (NIG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 63 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
(With PTI Inputs)
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