Career
Rai qualified for the men"s singles at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after he was ranked sixty-eighth in the world, and awarded an entry as one of the top 38 seeded players by the Badminton World Federation. He received a bye for the second preliminary round before losing out to Finland"s Ville Lång, with a score of 9–21 and 16–21. Rai is a former coach of Bellevue Badminton Club, and also, an athlete director for the United States. national badminton team
He, along with fellow Olympian Bob Malaythong, currently coach the top junior players in the United States at California Badminton Academy in Fremont, California.