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Posted: Friday January 27, 2012 3:06 PM

Ben Lee to coach US badminton team in London

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Ben Lee, a 1992 Olympian, will coach the U.S. badminton team in London this summer.

USA Badminton announced the move Friday.

The Olympic badminton competition is scheduled from July 28 to Aug. 5 at Wembley Arena in London.

Lee was the captain of the 1992 U.S. team in Barcelona, the first Olympics in which badminton was a contested sport. He also coached the women's team at the 2011 Pan American Games. The team won two silver and two bronze medals.

Lee, a police officer in the San Jose, Calif., area, also coaches at the California Badminton Academy. He began coaching in 1994 while still competing.

He is a 1989 graduate of Arizona State University.

 
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