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The castigating by Prakash Padukone to Lakshya Sen should have been private
Updated On: 07 August, 2024 08:10 AM IST | Mumbai | Shirish Nadkarni
As 1980 All England champion’s remarks to media on his ward’s defeat in the bronze medal match against Lee Zii Jia attracted mixed reactions, the immobile-on-the-sidelines coach’s castigating...
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Prakash Padukone (left), Vimal Kumar and Lakshya Sen during the bronze medal match in Paris. Pic/PTI
A storm of controversy has erupted over the acerbic remarks made to the media by 1980 All England champion Prakash Padukone, in the wake of his ward Lakshya Sen’s heart-wrenching loss to Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia in the Olympic bronze medal match is Paris on Monday.
Clearly heartbroken over the manner in which Lakshya had squandered a heaven-sent opportunity of pocketing the medal after leading by a game and 8-3 in the second stanza, an anguished Prakash lashed out at the Indian badminton athletes, stressing on the fact that the coaches could only do so much, but that the players needed to take responsibility for their results.
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