Lakshya Sen has secured a win in his first game of the Paris Olympics. The Indian shuttler defeated Guatemala’s Kevin Cordon. In the badminton men’s singles Group L match at the ongoing multinational event. Sen will be facing Julian Carragi next, on July 29. But there has been a controversy over Sen’s win against Cordon have been deleted by the Olympic committee.
The Guatemalan withdrew from the multisport event owing to a left elbow injury. Cordon withdrew from the Paris Olympics, so his planned Group L matches against Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie and Belgium’s Julien Carraggi would not be played. According to the BWF General Competition Regulations for group stage play, the result of the match between Lakshya Sen and Kevin Cordon was expunged.
The ranking of the shuttler will be based on the results of his remaining two matches in Group L. He defeated Kevin Cordon 21-8, 22-20, winning the game in two straight sets. The question arose after Cordon withdrew. If Lakshya fails to win two of his remaining games. This situation is utterly unjust and deeply unfair to Lakshya. The Indian shuttler needs to come up with a solution to the matter ahead of any further controversy.
Will this deleted victory affect Lakshya Sen in the Olympics?
The question remains why did Cordon participate in the Olympics with an injury? And what if he had won the game against Lakshya Sen? This is an utter disgrace for a player if he fails to win a withdraws citing injury. There is no such instance that happened previously in a badminton match. That if someone failed to win withdrew citing an injury.
A committee should be formed to check on the facts of the incident. So that there is no further controversy in the upcoming games. PV Sindhu cruised past Fathimath Nabaaha in the first round. The Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist won 21-9, 21-6 in just 29 minutes in her opening match at the Paris Olympics. India has already opened their medal account. Manu Bhaker won bronze in the Women’s Single 10m Air Pistol event. The nation will look to double the medals tally this time.
