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Paris Olympics 2024- Lakshya Sen defeats Julien Carraggi as Indian Mens Hockey Team salvage a late equaliser

Lakshya Sen, India's young badminton sensation has won his second group game against Julien Carraggi from Belgium in the Paris Olympics 2024 after the first game against Kevin Cordon was cancelled.

New Delhi: Lakshya Sen, Indiaโ€™s young badminton sensation has won his second group game against Julien Carraggi from Belgium in the Paris Olympics 2024 after the first game against Kevin Cordon was cancelled. The Indian shuttler won the game 21-19, 21-14.

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Sen who is the BWF rank 19 visibly struggled during the match against Julien Carraggi. Lakshya thought that the game would be a walk in the park as he looked to close the game with ease. However, Carraggi made sure that the game did not go in favour of the Indian shuttler easily. The first game eventually ended in favour of the Indian shuttler as he closed the game with a scoreline of 21-19.

In the second game, Sen took an unassailable lead of 11-4. Julien tried to make a comeback in the dying minutes of the game. However, it was too little too late as Lakshya managed to win the game 21-14 in the second set.

Harmanpreet Singh scores Late Equaliser for India!

On the other hand, the Indian menโ€™s hockey team was able to salvage a late equaliser against the strong defence of the Argentina hockey team to share a point in Group B. The menโ€™s team were unable to finish the chances created at the top as India created 10 penalty corners out of which they only managed to score one.


According to experts, the โ€˜over-dependence on Harmanpreet Singhโ€™ is one of the major reasons for the shaky performance of the Indian team in the competition. Against tough opposition like Belgium and Australia, Craig Fultonโ€™s boys will require some sort of innovation during the penalty corners which has majorly hovered around their captain Harmanpreet Singh affair.

Action on Day 3 continues for Indian athletes as the Menโ€™s archery team takes on Turkiye in the quarterfinals.

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