Paris 2024 Summer Olympics: Nepal's Prince Dahal loses to Israeli player

Kathmandu, July 31: Badminton player Prince Dahal has lost a match in badminton to Israeli player in the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games under way in Paris, France.     

Israel's Misa Zilberman trounced Dahal, 2-0, in straight sets in the final game of the group stage today. Prince lost the match 12-21 in the first set encounter that lasted for 16 minutes while he lost the second set 10-21. The second set match lasted for 20 minutes.     

Prince, who played from Group P, lost to Viktor Axelsen of Denmark and to N. Nguyen of Ireland in equal set of 2-0 before this.     

With this, six among the seven Nepali players participating in the Paris Olympics 2024, have exited. Table-tennis player Santoo Shrestha, Sushmita Nepal of shooting, judoka Manita Shrestha Pradhan, and Duwana Lama and Alexander Shah of swimming have lost their matches and exited from the Paris Olympic Games.     

Santoshi Shrestha remains to compete in marathon now. (RSS)