Lakshya Sen also won the gold medal, India's 20th gold in Birmingham; 5th medal in badminton

Badminton players have made a golden start for India on the last day of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. First PV Sindhu won the gold medal in women's singles. After that Lakshya Sen also won his first Commonwealth Gold Medal in Men's Singles. He defeated Malaysian shuttler Jay Yong 19-21, 21-9 and 21-16. This is the 20th gold medal for India and 57th medal overall in these Commonwealth Games. At the same time, this is India's 5th medal in badminton in these games.

Talking about this match, the goals in the first game were not in a rhythm. However, later the set turned exciting and the score was 19-19 at one point but Lakshya lost the set 19-21. After this, Lakshya Sen looked in a different rhythm in the second set and did not give any chance to the Malaysian shuttler to come forward. He won the set 21-9. After this, the match in the third and final set was tight but Lakshya retained the lead and won the set 21-16 to give India gold.

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Our young sensation @lakshya_sen clinches the GOLD after a solid comeback, winning 2-1 (19-21 21-9 21-16) against Tze Yong (MAS) in the Badminton MS Gold Medal bout at the #CommonwealthGames2022????#Cheer4India pic.twitter.com/FdSw6dWXrG

— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) August 8, 2022

This is India's fifth medal in badminton at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. Earlier PV Sindhu won Gold, mixed team won Silver. On the other hand, India's second male shuttler Kidambi Srikanth won the bronze medal in the men's singles event itself. Apart from this, Trisha Jolly and Pullela Gayatri Gopichand also won bronze medals in women's doubles.

This gold medal of Lakshya Sen is India's 20th gold medal in Commonwealth Games 2022. India has got 6 in most gold wrestling. After this, three medals have been received in weightlifting, three in boxing and three in table tennis. At the same time, in track and field, India has been given a historic gold triple jump by Aldhos Paul this time. Also, the women's team won the gold medal in lawn ball, creating history. Apart from this, India has also got 15 silver and 22 bronze so far.