Badminton: Long wait for hopeful pair

By SUZANNE McFADDEN

After an agonising three-month wait, New Zealand badminton pair Tammy Jenkins and Dan Shirley will discover today if they have sneaked into the Olympics.

But the mixed doubles partners are relying on three other nations not sending players to the Games.

Jenkins and Shirley were fourth on the waiting-list at last count, but they have not given up hope. South Africa have already pulled out, moving the Kiwis one spot closer to Sydney.