Olympic badminton could not have started better. The Wembley Arena galleries were nearly full and spectators had plenty to cheer about as this morning’s session of day one saw some exciting matches.

However, the big disappointment was the defeat of local Mixed Doubles hopefuls, Chris Adcock and Imogen Bankier, to Russians Alexandr Nikolaenko (pictured right) and Valeria Sorokina.

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