"I don't think it is ideal when politics and sport mix," she told BBC Sport Nation. Commonwealth singles bronze medallist in 2006, and contender for a London Olympics place, Egelstaff acknowledges the inevitability of them mixing, but wishes this could be limited. "Everyone jumps on the bandwagon if sport is going well, and politicians are no different," she said.
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A shotgun marriage that both sport and politics seem unable to resist
Susan Egelstaff, the Scot who is Great Britain's leading women's singles badminton player, was drawn into the sports debate on the back of the "gauleiter" furore triggered last week after Alex Salmond was jocked off BBC coverage of the Calcutta Cup match.
