Lakshya Sen creates history, clinches gold in Asia Badminton Junior Championships

KalingaTV News Network

Jakarta: India’s Lakshya Sen created history on Sunday by winning gold medal in the men’s singles category of the Asia Junior Badminton Championships in Jakarta.

Seeded sixth in the tournament, Lakshya registered an easy 21-19, 21-18 victory in 46 minutes by defeating Thailand’s top seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn in the Under-19 final.

With the win, Lakshya became the second Indian after Gautam Thakkar (1965) to bag a gold medal in the men’s singles category at the Asia Junior Badminton Championships.

Earlier, Sen had defeated second seed Li Shifend in the quarter-finals and fourth seed Ikhsan Rumbay in the semi-finals to enter the title clash of the championship.

Meanwhile, Badminton Association of India (BAI) tweeted about the same.

India’s new Golden Boy!@lakshya_sen enter record books,ending a wait of 53 years to win a gold in the men’s singles event at the Asian Junior Championship with a flawless performance; beats World No1 K.Vitidsarn 21-19,21-18 to secure his biggest ever career medal #IndiaontheRise pic.twitter.com/xwRxMT6wP1

— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) July 22, 2018