BADMINTONEnglandSummer 1221GOLD RUN. ONES TO WATCH ? MIXED DOUBLESThe Chinese Taipei pairing havebeen in the world's top 10 sinceJune 2011 and head to Londonranked 5th in the world followinga consistent qualification year.Wins at the Japan Open and inAustralia - to open 2012 on theGrand Prix Gold circuit - haveshown podium potential.It must not be forgotten thoughthat, despite exiting at theQuarter Final stage at the 2011World Championships, they wonbronze a year earlier as the WorldChampionships landed in Paris.Hung Ling Chen and Wen Hsing ChengCHINESE TAIPEIAt 3rd on the global standings,the world class pair fromDenmark are the highest rankedEuropean pairing heading toLondon with a tidy collection ofInternational Superseries titles totheir names, including the 2011Denmark Open and French Opencrowns. Form heading toWembley Arena also appearsstrong following a semi final slotat the recent Thailand Open inMay. Pedersen admitted she will "...fighthard and do everything possibleand then some" to make animpact this summer!Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna PedersenDENMARKLee Yong Dae won gold in Beijing4 years ago and will be looking todefend his Olympic title, albeitwith a new partner, as Korea'sgreat hope in this summer's draw.2012 has so far seen the worldranked no. 9 pair enjoy runs to thefinal in the Korea Open andGrand Prix Gold event out inGermany but without tasting glory.However, with OSIM BWFSuperseries Semi Final experiencein 2011 and beyond - such asthose in Denmark and, morerecently, May's Indian Open - thepair's experience and big pointknow how make them realcontenders.Lee Yong Dae and Ha Jung Eun KOREASudket and Saralee have been on acharge in 2012. The top rankedThai pair had a mixed bag ofresults in 2011, including a Round2 exit at the WorldChampionships, but have sincebeen galvanized on the worldcircuit. Runs to the final at the ThailandOpen and Indian Open thenvictory at last month's IndonesianOpen have seen them climb backup to 6th in the world and youcan't rule them out to continuetheir push in London.Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee ThoungthongkamTHAILAND

Good Luck!Messages of support for our Team GB badminton playersare flooding in from all 4 corners of Great Britain aheadof this summer's Games and all are being displayed on amassive wall of support at the National BadmintonCentre in Milton Keynes.Here is just a taster of the level of the support that Chris,Imogen, Rajiv and Susan are seeing on a daily basis: