- Lakshya Sen has become the first male Indian shuttler to qualify for the semi-finals of the Olympics.
- In the 2024 Paris Olympics quarter-finals, he reached this historic milestone by defeating Chou Tien-chen of Chinese Taipei.
- The two Indian male shuttlers with historically best results in the Olympic men's singles badminton competition are Parupalli Kashyap (London 2012) and Kidambi Srikanth (Rio 2016).
- Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap reached the quarter-finals.
- On August 4, Sen will play against either Loh Kean Yew of Singapore or Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in the semi-finals.
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