1. Laos-born Malaythong reaches Beijing via US
"...Khan 'Bob' Malaythong cleaned the dirty dishes
of other Olympic hopefuls and served burritos and
cookies in shops, all to sustain his dream of
serving shuttlecocks at the Olympics. ..."

Source:
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/sports/2008/July/sp\
orts_July589.xml&section=sports&col=



2. Yonex California High School State Championship
By: Andy Gouw andy_gouw01@...

With the growth of the sport at an unprecedented
rate, the opening of new Badminton facilities can’t
even keep up with the number of people playing.
Northern California alone now has 9 dedicated
facilities to ease the growing needs of the sport.
The time has come, perhaps none too soon, to have
the State High School Championship. When Yonex
approached me to set up the first Yonex California
High School Championship, I was thrilled to be a
part of history. Read More at:

http://the-reader.webhop.net/YonexHighSchool.pdf

[Interesting. A HS team tournament... Anyone
organizing this in the Midwest? Let us know...]



3. West Chicago "High need" HS needs badminton help...
http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=146470&zone=0

[Thanks to Anand for the heads up.]



4. The Olympic schedule for Badminton competitions is as follows:
Day 1: Saturday 9 August

Venue: Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium
02:00-05:00 Women's Singles Round of 64
02:00-05:00 Men's Singles Round of 64
07:00-09:30 Women's Singles Round of 64
07:00-09:30 Men's Singles Round of 64
11:30-15:30 Women's Singles Round of 64
11:30-15:30 Men's Singles Round of 64


Day 2: Sunday 10 August
Venue: Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium
03:00-06:30 Women's Doubles Round of 16
03:00-06:30 Women's Singles Round of 32
03:00-06:30 Men's Singles Round of 64
11:30-15:00 Women's Doubles Round of 16
11:30-15:00 Women's Singles Round of 32
11:30-15:00 Men's Singles Round of 64


Day 3: Monday 11 August
Venue: Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium
03:00-06:30 Women's Singles Round of 16
03:00-06:30 Women's Doubles Quarterfinals
03:00-06:30 Men's Singles Round of 32
11:30-15:00 Women's Singles Round of 16
11:30-15:00 Women's Doubles Quarterfinals
11:30-15:00 Men's Singles Round of 32


Day 4: Tuesday 12 August
Venue: Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium
03:00-06:30 Mixed Doubles Round of 16
03:00-06:30 Men's Singles Round of 16
03:00-06:30 Men's Doubles Round of 16
11:30-15:00 Mixed Doubles Round of 16
11:30-15:00 Men's Singles Round of 16
11:30-15:00 Men's Doubles Round of 16


Day 5: Wednesday 13 August
Venue: Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium
03:00-06:30 Women's Doubles Semi-Fnals
03:00-06:30 Women's Singles Quarter-Finals
03:00-06:30 Men's Doubles Quarter-Finals
11:30-15:00 Women's Doubles Semi-Finals
11:30-15:00 Women's Singles Quarter-Finals
11:30-15:00 Men's Doubles Quarter-Finals


Day 6: Thursday 14 August
Venue: Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium
03:00-06:00 Men's Singles Quarter-Finals
03:00-06:00 Mixed Doubles Quarter-Finals
11:30-15:00 Men's Singles Quarter-Finals
11:30-15:00 Mixed Doubles Quarter-Finals


Day 7: Friday 15 August
Venue: Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium
03:00-06:00 Women's Singles Semi-Finals
03:00-06:00 Men's Doubles Semi-Finals
11:30-15:00 Women's Doubles Bronze Medal Match
11:30-15:00 Men's Singles Semi-Finals
11:30-15:00 Women's Doubles Finals
11:30-15:00 Women's Doubles Medal Ceremony


Day 8: Saturday 16 August
Venue: Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium
03:00-06:00 Women's Singles Bronze Medal Match
03:00-06:00 Men's Doubles Bronze Medal Match
03:00-06:00 Women's Singles Finals
03:00-06:00 Women's Singles Medal Ceremony
11:30-15:00 Mixed Doubles Semi-Finals
11:30-15:00 Men's Singles Bronze Medal Match
11:30-15:00 Men's Doubles Finals
11:30-15:00 Men's Doubles Medal Ceremony


Day 9: Sunday 17 August
Venue: Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium
11:30-15:00 Mixed Doubles Bronze Medal Match
11:30-15:00 Mixed Doubles Finals
11:30-15:00 Mixed Doubles Medal Ceremony
11:30-15:00 Men's Singles Finals
11:30-15:00 Men's Singles Medal Ceremony

All times BST

Eurosport

[Thanks to Dave Sell for the info!]

Source:
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/15072008/58/beijing-2008-schedule-badminton.html


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