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USA Badminton names largest-ever Olympic team

USA Badminton named its largest-ever Olympic team of seven athletes on Tuesday:

Howard Shu — Men’s Singles
Iris Wang — Women’s Singles
Sattawat Pongnairat and Phillip Chew — Men’s Doubles
Eva Lee and Paula Lynn Obanana — Women’s Doubles
Phillip Chew and Jamie Subandhi — Mixed Doubles

The U.S. will send a mixed doubles team to the Olympics for the first time. Badminton joined the Olympic program as a medal sport in 1992, with mixed doubles debuting in 1996.