Paris Olympics 2024: Why was Lakshya Sen's win over Kevin Cordon 'deleted' after latter's withdrawal due to injury?

Star Indian shuttler Lakshya Sens victory over Kevin Cordon in the opening mens singles Group L match wont be counted as his Guatemalan opponent pulled out of the Paris Olympics 2024 due to a left elbow injuryGuatemalan mens singles player Kevin Cordon has withdrawn from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Badminton Competition due to a left elbow injury Badminton World Federation BWF said in an updateHis remaining Group L matches against Indonesias Jonatan Christie Court 2 2pm local time 29 July 2024 and Julien Carraggi of Belgium Court 3 Not Before 920am local time 31 July 2024 will not be played Matches on these courts in each respective session have been rescheduledAs per BWF General Competition Regulations for group stage play the results of all matches played or yet to be played involving Cordon in Group L are now considered deleted the sports global governing body addedThe withdrawal of Cordon a Tokyo Olympics semifinalist means Group L will now be considered a threeplayer affair involving Christie and Carraggi of Belgium besides Sen Heres how netizens reactedAbsolute mockery to the Olympics spiritmdash Ainkareswar kainkareswar July 28 2024Tough luck Olympics committee should take note on this and try to come up with a fairer way to adjudicate such cases in future No player should play more matches than others in same competitionmdash Shailendra Malik eShailendra July 29 2024Waahif this is not called Daylight Robberythen i Dont know what is thing to be calledmdash Hemang T Patel hemangpatel2430 July 28 2024What A Joke of a rule this So youre telling me all the efforts energy which lakshya put on yesterday has gone into the bin This genuinely is a disgrace Honestly Olympics committee have lost the plot No way they are getting slayed all over the world Bizzare decisionsmdash Liverpool Life liverpool1_love July 28 2024The 22yearold Indian will be the only player in the group to have played three matches as the other two will need to compete in two matches to make it to the knockout stageAlso ReadManu Bhaker rescues India from medal oblivionhellipat lastSen will face Carraggi on Monday and take on Christie in his final Paris Olympics 2024 group match on WednesdayEarlier on Saturday Lakshya defeated Kevin Cordon 218 2220 in the Group L match of the ongoing Paris Olympics Lakshya won in straight sets with the match lasting 42 minutesThe Indian shuttler got off to a flying start after winning the first game 218 in 14 minutes Cordon pulled things back taking a commanding lead in the second and had four game points However the 22yearold Indian turned things around by winning six points in a row to wrap up the game and matchMeanwhile India bagged its first medal at the Paris Olympics after ace shooter Manu Bhaker sealed a bronze medal in the 10 Metre Womens Air Pistol event on SundayThe 22yearold became the first Indian woman to win a medal in shooting at the OlympicsBhaker brought Indias first medal in the ongoing mega event as she won a bronze medal with a score of 2217It was a redemption arc for Manu after her pistol malfunctioned at the Tokyo Olympics She made history by becoming the first Indian woman in 20 years to reach a shooting final in an individual event of the Olympics since Suma Shirur in 2004South Koreas Ye Jin clinched the gold medal with an Olympic record of 2432 points Her compatriot Kim Yeji settled for silver with 2413 pointsOn the opening day Bhaker finished third in the qualification round of Womens 10 Metre Air Pistol to qualify for the final at the ongoing Paris Olympics on Saturday While Rhythm Sangwan failed to make her place in the final after finishing in 15th placeWith agency inputs