{"id":37582,"date":"2018-07-23T01:12:28","date_gmt":"2018-07-22T19:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=37582"},"modified":"2018-07-23T01:12:28","modified_gmt":"2018-07-22T19:42:28","slug":"lakshya-wins-asian-gold-bai-announces-rs-10-lakh-cash-reward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2018\/07\/23\/lakshya-wins-asian-gold-bai-announces-rs-10-lakh-cash-reward\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakshya wins Asian gold, BAI announces Rs 10 lakh cash reward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<strong>NEW DELHI, Jul 22:<\/strong> India&#8217;s rising badminton talent Lakshya Sen created history by winning the gold medal in boys&#8217; single at the Badminton Asia Junior Championships in Jakarata.<br \/>\nHe took just 46 minutes to beat top-seeded Kunlavut Vitidsaran 21-19, 21-18 in the final to win his maiden gold in a major tournament on Saturday.<br \/>\nThe sixth-seed Lakshya not only upset the Indonesian applecart but went on to win several hearts amidst the initial local support for the Indonesian in a near-packed hall.<br \/>\n&#8220;I am really happy with my performance. I got a very good support from team members as well. This Asian Junior gold is precious to me,&#8221; said Lakshya after the medal ceremony.<br \/>\nThe Asian junior gold in men&#8217;s singles came India&#8217;s ways after 53 years. The last Indian to win gold was Gautam Thakkar in 1965.<br \/>\nAn elated BAI president Himanta Biswa Sarma promptly announced a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh for the shuttler.<br \/>\n&#8220;Lakshya has done the country proud. We have been investing on youngsters and we are happy seeing the dividends,&#8221; said the BAI chief.<br \/>\n&#8220;It was a great occasion for all of BAI family and officials to celebrate. Winning a medal in Asia is always good, but winning gold is even better. We are really proud of the teenager,&#8221; said BAI general secretary Ajay K Singhania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI, Jul 22: India&#8217;s rising badminton talent Lakshya Sen created history by winning the gold medal in boys&#8217; single at the Badminton Asia Junior Championships in Jakarata. He took just 46 minutes to beat top-seeded Kunlavut Vitidsaran 21-19, 21-18 in the final to win his maiden gold in a major tournament on Saturday. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-37582","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}