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High-flying badminton squad fails to justify year-round govt expenditure
Updated On: 13 August, 2024 07:43 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
As for Lakshya and Satwik-Chirag, they were seen as potential podium finishers even before the first match was held
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India’s Chirag Shetty (left) and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy during their quarter-final against Malaysia in Paris this month. Pic/Getty Images
India became so used to a badminton medal from the Olympics in the last 12 years that Paris 2024 seems nothing short of a disaster.
Lakshya Sen emerged as a notable bright spot with a fourth-place finish, but the Indian badminton team, including medal contenders such as PV Sindhu and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, returned empty-handed from the Olympics for the first time in over a decade.
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