France (Paris):India’s campaign in the Paris Games has suffered a blow as Lakshya Sen’s victory over Guatemala's Kevin Cordon has been ‘deleted’ from consideration into the final standings. The Guatemalan player withdrew from the competition due to a left elbow injury.
According to the Olympics.com, Cordon withdrew himself from the competition ahead of his Group L matches against Jonathan Christie of Indonesia and Julien Caraggi of Belgium. As a result of Cordon pulling out, Lakshya’s dominative win over him doesn’t hold significance anymore according to the Badminton World Federation (BWF) General Competition Regulations.
"Guatemalan men's singles player Kevin Cordon has withdrawn from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Badminton Competition due to a left elbow injury," Badminton World Federation (BWF) said in an update.
"His remaining Group L matches against Indonesia's Jonatan Christie (Court 2, 2pm local time, 29 July 2024) and Julien Carraggi of Belgium (Court 3, 'Not Before' 9.20am local time, 31 July 2024) will not be played. Matches on these courts in each respective session have been rescheduled.”
The Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty saw a similar situation unfolding in their group as well. The Indian pair was scheduled to take on the German pair of Mark Lamsfuss and Marvin Seidel on Monday. However, the former pulled out from the tournament due to a knee injury and the match got canceled.