Joel Clarke-Khan and Ben Williams react to Olympic qualifying failures

Two Olympic hopefuls who failed to qualify for the games have spoken to the BBC about their futures in sport.

Meanwhile Worcester high jumper Joel Clarke-Khan described feeling a "moment of nothingness" in the aftermath of his failure to qualify.Clarke-Khan has won the British Championships three times, and came fifth at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. "As soon as that bar came down, the third attempt, and I knew that not only the competition was finished, but my Olympic dreams for 2024 were over," he said."I was just looking at the sky and it was just a moment of nothingness."Clarke-Khan left the stadium and sat on a nearby bench to collect his thoughts.

"There are still plenty of competitions after the Olympics, this season doesn't have to be done and dusted for me."Ben Williams, pictured at the 2022 European Championships in Munich, was thwarted by a back injuryHe said he already knew he was injured, and had an MRI scan on Monday which had been booked for weeks.

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