Leatherhead’s Chris Langridge will do anything he can to realise his Olympic dream – even if that means conquering his fear of flying.

Langridge was one of the stars of the show at last summer’s Commonwealth Games, leaving Glasgow with two silver medals and a bronze to show for his efforts.

Part of the reason for such success could be the fact that he did not have to get on a plane to make it to Scotland.

The 30-year-old’s fear of flying is not exactly ideal considering the sport of badminton is big in the Far East, not to mention that next year’s Olympic Games are in Rio.

But so determined is he to compete under the shadow of the famous five rings, Langridge is prepared to put himself through the ringer in order to earn himself a plane ticket to Brazil.

“Now Olympic qualifying has started every tournament is so important and in the next two or three months we’ve got so many coming up, but we’re in a good place and we’ve been training really hard,” he said.

“I don’t like the travelling side of it all because I’m really not good with flying so I struggle with that bit.

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Medal man: Chris Langridge won silver and bronze medals at last year's Commonwealth Games

“It’s literally everything about flying – I’m not fond of it, but it’s something I’ve got to do for me job so I have to get on with it.

“If I can get the train or the Eurostar then I do that because I just hate it so much, but we’ve got one coming up to Australia so there’s just no way around it.”

He added: “I’ve tried everything, every method to get round it but nothing seems to take.

“I’ve done hypnotherapy and taken tablets that knock me out, but just had no luck.

“The other side of it, being away for two or three weeks, then coming back for a few days, then heading off again is difficult as well. It’s just home comforts really, the basic things like your pillow that you miss.

“When you’re always in a hotel room living out of a bag it’s not always as fun as people think.

"When I was young I loved seeing the world but as you get older it does become harder because travelling takes so long, by the time you add up getting to the airport, waiting there, the journey and then the other side it still takes seven or eight hours even if you’re only in Europe.

“But I relish the tournaments and the chance to prove I’m better than certain people.”

And with such a busy schedule coming up for the rest of 2015, Langridge is not about to slow down any time soon.

“The hardest  thing is balancing everything, we have more tournaments than previously so you’ve got to balance the training in the right way,” he added.

“You’re in England less so you’re training less but you have to make sure every second counts while still feeling fresh for tournaments.”

The UK’s first ever National Badminton League (NBL) season comes to a thrilling finale on June 7, at K2 Crawley. Tickets are now available at nationalbadmintonleague.co.uk