Britain’s main 3,000m steeplechase runner Phil Norman has criticised the choice to not decide him for the 2024 Olympic Video games.
The 34-year-old was simply 0.15 seconds off the usual set by UK Athletics (UKA) to be picked for Workforce GB’s athletics squad for Paris.
Nonetheless his time of 8:18.65 put him excessive sufficient on this planet rankings to be invited to participate in Paris, however UK Athletics’ coverage is to say no such invitations the place the athlete has not met their customary.
Norman, from Barnstaple, ran on the final Olympics in Tokyo and made the ultimate of the 2022 European Championships.
“I battled each step of the best way this 12 months on and off the monitor and efficiently certified for my second Olympic video games,” he stated in an announcement on social media., exterior
“Nonetheless, because of UKA coverage I used to be not chosen and my invite to the Olympic Video games can be declined.
“I fought tooth and nail with assist of authorized counsel and the UKA athletes fee to attraction this choice however sadly my attraction was rejected because of 0.15s over 3,000m.
“This season I used to be British champion, ran the quickest time by a British athlete since 1992 and broke the championship document which had stood since 1990. I’m now ranked sixth quickest of all-time on British rankings.
“Within the eyes of UKA I’m not ok.
“Bodily I’m within the form and type of my life. However mentally and emotionally I’ve nothing left to present.”
