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Kimi Raikkonen called his Austrian Grand Prix podium a big gift and admitted to mixed feelings after another race which saw Ferrari fail to live up to expectations.Raikkonen crossed the line third after a last-lap collision between the Mercedes drivers forced Nico Rosberg to crawl around the circuit with a damaged front wing. It had looked like Ferrari had let the race slip away from the Finn in the first round of pit stops, stopping late and losing track position to both Red Bull drivers when he had been keeping pace with race leader Lewis Hamilton.Asked if it was a frustrating race, he said: Not really. I mean yes, its better to be on the podium and its better than fourth place. That was a big gift for us but well take it with no complaints. We had pretty good speed at the beginning, I was saving tyres a bit and pushing, we were catching then losing time to Mercedes -- it went like that for a while, it was pretty close.Raikkonen refused to criticise Ferraris strategy, saying he and the team did not expect to struggle to pass Daniel Ricciardo. By the time he did dispatch the Australian he did not have enough laps to catch Max Verstappen in the other Red Bull, something he felt he could have done were it not for yellow flags in the DRS zone on the final lap.?Once we made a pit stop I found myself in fifth position. It was a bit hard after that, obviously the safety cars and stuff, but the biggest issue was probably with the first Red Bull, trying to get past him.We had good speed but it was so difficult to get close enough and when I did get closer I couldnt find the traction to challenge him. 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Howard Shu was just 10 when he lost a match in his first badminton tournament to the top junior in his class.Shus mother was wowed by the talent on the other side of the net and asked the winners mother if her son would like to compete with Howard in doubles.The mother was blunt:Your son sucks.Shu laughed as he recalled the story that would serve as motivation for him to become more a serious badminton player. He returned to the same tournament the next year and beat the kid who was too good to team with Shu.Shus been winning matches around the world for most of the last 15 years.The top-ranked American singles player has his biggest match yet when he opens play Friday in a sport known more as a lazy backyard summer game than a serious sport in the Summer Games.China won gold in all five badminton events in 2012, and many top Chinese will again be contenders when play opens Wednesday.Shu would love to leave with a medal to go with another passport stamp. Shus Instagram page looks like something straight out of Wheres Waldo. Theres Shu chilling in a pool after the Olympic trials in Tahiti. Or hes snapping a selfie from Table Mountain in South Africa.He even posted a short clip of the time he pulled on a wetsuit and went swimming with the sharks in Cape Town, South Africa after he won a major international tournament. Sometimes, hes just kicking up his Jordans and relaxing.Shus thirst for adventure and his world-class skills have made him the natural spokesman for an American team hopeful of bringing home the countrys first medal in the sport. Badminton is on the short list of sports the U.S. has failed to even medal in, joining handball, rhythmic gymnastics, table tennis and trampoline.The 25-year-old Shu, who graduated from UCLA, isnt a strong medal favorite. But he has the type of charisma that could help Americans take notice of badminton for at least a few days should he advance deep into the tournament.Badminton is stuck in thee same Rio de Janeiro complex as other minor sports that include weightlifting and table tennis.dddddddddddd At the Olympic level, badminton smashes reach over 200 mph and boast long rallies that could rival the most thrilling in tennis. The shuttle whizzes across the net like a darting mosquito and only the best make sure the shuttlecock -- made of 16 goose feathers stuck to a leather-covered round cork, that weighs only about 5 grams -- never hits the floor.Every player has a different style. When I go on the court, its really like art, Shu said.Shus parents are both from Taiwan and his father played badminton. Shu started playing at 8, running around like a little brat when he tagged along with his dad. Shu played soccer and baseball, even basketball, which forged what he called an addiction to sneakers.Yes, the Shu certainly fits when it comes to calling him a Jordan aficionado.The sneaker junkie has more than 100 pairs of sneaks and multiples of his favorites (one to rock, one to stock) with a fondness for the Air Jordan 11s.Hes put some serious miles on his size-10 soles. The 6-foot-1 Shu has dominated badminton around the world, especially last year when he hit 30 countries in 12 tournaments, including one six-week stretch where he played on six continents.And one serious plunge with great white sharks .I was on such a high from a winning a tournament, I just said, `Im doing it, he said.Back on dry land, Shu posed for a photo with Kevin Durant at the opening ceremony parade and later watched the U.S. squad romp over Venezuela with friends and family from home.Hes part of a seven-member delegation thats a longshot to medal -- but hopeful to open American eyes to an underappreciated sport.I just want to go out there and show people what the sport can be, Shu said.---AP Summer Games website: http://summergames.ap.org ' ' '