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Youth Olympic Games 2018: Lakshya Sen takes silver in boys' singles, wins gold in mixed event

This was India's fourth silver along with three gold in the ongoing Youth Olympics.

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Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen settled for a silver medal after he lost the boys' singles summit clash against Li Shifeng of China in straight games in the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics on Friday.

Lakshya Sen also won the gold medal as part of the winning team in the mixed team event. Sen was part 'Team Alpha' who beat 'Team Omega' 110-106 in the final to take the gold. 

The mixed event medals will not be counted in India's medal tally.

Youth Olympic Games 2018 Medal Table: India's medal tally and sport-wise medals at YOG 2018

Sen, the reigning junior Asian champion, lost 15-21, 19-21 in a 42-minute final match to bag the silver. He had beaten Shifeng in straight games in the quarterfinals of the Asian Championships in July but on Friday, it was the turn of his Chinese rival to turn the tables on him.

In the both the games, Shifeng led all through and Sen was playing catch-up which he eventually could not succeed in the end.

In the first game, Shifeng took an early lead and raced to 14-5 in no time. Sen made a fine recovery to narrow down the gap to 13-16 but he could not sustain it and Shifeng went ahead 18-13 and then made it 20-14 to have six game points. Though Sen saved one game point, the Chinese won the next one to pocket the first game in 17 minutes.

The second game was a closer fight than the first but the Chinese was leading all the time. Shifeng was ahead 8-7 initially but the gap widened to 12-7 before Sen made it 11-14. The three-point gap remained for some time before the Chinese made it 18-14 and then 19-14.

Sen made a last-ditch effort to save the match by winning three straight points but Shifeng still made it 20-17 to have three match points.

Sen was still not throwing the towel as he reeled off two straight points to make it 19-20 and just one point away from a deuce. But his Chinese opponent was a hard nut to crack as Shifeng won the final point to pocket the second game and win the match to clinch the gold.

Youth Olympic Games: India's medal tally and all Indian medal winners at YOG 2018 in Buenos Aires

This was India's fourth silver along with three gold in the ongoing Youth Olympics. 

(With PTI Inputs)

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