Birmingham 2022: Commonwealth Games badminton gold in Alex Dunn's sights

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Motherwell badminton ace Alex Dunn hopes everything he has sacrificed for the sport is aimed at a gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.The 23-year-old has risen to prominence in recent years, alongside doubles partner Adam Hall from Mauchline, and the pair won silver at the European Championships in Madrid two months ago.Dunn is aware that expectation levels have risen for the pair, but says they’re ready to meet that head-on.He said: “I think this is our time.

Compared to the last Games, myself, Adam and the team definitely have different expectations on this one.“We’re looking to do as best we can, to trouble these pairs as we know we can do on the day.“We’ve got to do everything we can to put ourselves in that position that we want to cause an upset, we want to get that medal, and I’m looking forward to the challenge.“Everything has been building up to this.

After the last Games, when the expectations were different, I thought ‘I’ve got the next four years to basically get myself into the position where I can get that gold medal’.“We’ve been trying to steadily build it up with the lower-level tournaments, and now we’re challenging and playing the World Tour tournaments, so it has been a steady progression and we continue to be on that track, so hopefully we can go further.”When asked what a medal would mean, Dunn was instant with his reply: “Everything.

As an athlete this is the biggest event to date, so a lot of my dedicated life to his sport could lead to this moment and it would be the biggest thing.“It would mean everything.”Dunn says badminton has come in for a lot of praise, and expectation amongst Team Scotland is that they could be in the medals.He said: “From what I’ve heard from the coaching team, Team