Lakshya grabs gold at Junior Badminton Asiad
Sunday - July 22, 2018 2:20 pm ,
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Lakshya grabs gold at Junior Badminton Asiad
Jakarta July 22 (IANS) India s Lakshya Sen won the gold medal in the men s singles category of the Badminton Asia Junior Championships here on Sunday.
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.
--IANS pur/mag/bg
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.
--IANS pur/mag/bg
