Bob Malaythong, left, 27, of Rockville, Md., and partner Howard Bach, 29, of San Francisco will get a shot a badminton gold.
On the Beijing Olympics, Bach tells USA Today: "Badminton in Beijing is huge — it's one of their top three sports….The challenges that we face as athletes here is exposure. Having sponsors … helps put us in the spotlight because we normally don't get attention. But in Beijing it's different because it's popular there."
