Susan Egelstaff (singles) and Imogen Bankier (mixed doubles) comprise half of Britain's Olympic badminton team, a remarkable feat for Scotland by any standards.
In no other Team GB discipline will Scots comprise 50% of the 2012 team.
Yet, since the sport gained Olympic status in 1992, total Scottish representation had been just one: Anne Gibson in Atlanta 1996. More remarkably, this has been achieved despite sportscotland cutting resources to Badmintonscotland, partly citing poor major championship representation. The Institute of Sport was most supportive when Egelstaff needed knee surgery, and sent a physio to tournaments during recovery.
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