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Lakshya Sen defeats HS Prannoy in first-ever All-India Olympic Knockout match at Paris Olympics 2024

Lakshya Sen defeated HS Prannoy in the first-ever all-India knockout game in the Olympics at the round of 16 of the Paris Olympics 2024.

Soumyaroop Mukherjee

New Delhi: Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy locked horns in the first-ever all-India Olympic Knockout competition. The match ended in the favour of Sen as the 22-year-old Indian shuttler who is making his Olympics debut managed to sweep past the veteran Prannoy. Earlier, Sen managed to win against his arch-nemesis Jonatan Christie in the Round of 32. Christie was a firm favourite to finish on the podium. However, Sen managed to win a hard-fought game against the Indonesian to reach the Round of 16.


Lakshya who is having a hot and cold form in the calendar year 2024 was part of the Thomas Cup winning team and since then has been a rising talent in the badminton circle. On the other hand, Prannoy who won the first individual medal in the Asian Games 2022 after a long wait of 40 years is coming back after illness in the Paris Olympics. Naturally, both shuttlers went toe-to-toe against each other in this pulsating match of the pre-quarters.

What happened in the game?

The young Indian shuttler managed to race past Prannoy in the first game as he ended the first game 21-12 in favour of Sen. In the second game, Sen looked even more in control as he took an unassailable lead of 11-3 in the mid-game interval. Subsequently, Sen diminished Prannoy’s play as he looked in the driver’s seat at 17-5. Eventually, Sen finished the game in his favour 21-6 in the second game to finish the game within 38 minutes.


Lakshya Sen will now take on Chou Tien-Chen of the Chinese Taipei in the quarterfinals of the Paris Olympics 2024. Chou is coming into the match after defeating world no. 5 Kodai Naroka of Japan.

Where to watch the Paris Olympics 2024?

Media outlet Viacom18 has acquired exclusive rights to stream the 2024 Paris Olympics. Naturally, the Paris Olympics 2024 will be telecasted live on the Sports18 networks. The various languages in which the viewers can avail the benefit of the telecast of the Olympics are as follows:

Fans can also watch the Opening Ceremony of the Paris Olympics 2024 for free on the OTT on Jio Cinema across multiple languages.