London 2012: 'Heartbroken' Richard Kilty to contest omission



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Jenny Meadows on only Lynsey Sharp being selected for the 800m




"The reason they gave me was due to lack of current form," Kilty told BBC Radio 5 live Sport .









"I'm completely gobsmacked. I understand Lynsey Sharp is an emerging, up and coming athlete - she won the trials and is European silver medallist now so she has shown the selectors she is in form and can rise to the occasion - but how can you leave behind two athletes who are on the A standard? Marilyn Okoro is the fastest girl over the 800m for Great Britain and Emma Jackson I know was carrying an injury to her ribs at the trials, which prevented her performing to her best but still has the A standard. I'm not sure what the selectors were thinking. I'm really disappointed because two athletes who have run fast enough to not be in that Olympic stadium won't be there and that doesn't seem fair to me."









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