Lakshya wins India’s first men’s singles gold in 53 years at Asian Junior Championship
Photo : (BAI Media/Twitter)
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Jakarta : India’s Lakshya Sen won the gold medal in the men’s singles category of the Badminton Asia Junior Championships here on Sunday. Lakshya won India’s first men’s singles gold in 53 years at the Asian Junior Championships.
The Indian sixth seed registered an easy 21-19, 21-18 victory in 46 minutes over Thai top seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn in the Under-19 final.
With the win, Lakshya became only the third Indian after Gautam Thakkar (1965) and P.V. Sindhu (2012) to pocket a gold medal at the Asia Junior Championships.
Published on: July 22, 2018 at 14:21 IST
IANS
