Heartbroken Australian sprinter Ebony Lane has taken a shot at selectors after missing out on a spot in the 4x100m Olympic relay team.
Australia had the option of several runners for the event, but Lane was left searching for answers after she was the unlucky omission.
Ella Connolly, Bree Masters, Kristie Edwards and Torrie Lewis were the four chosen for Thursday’s heats and they were fifth across the line with a time of 42.75.
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America blitzed the field with a 41.94, ahead of Germany (42.15) and Switzerland (42.38).
Cote d’Ivoire stormed home to pip the Aussies for fourth, but were later disqualified for taking too long on the final baton exchange.
With the top three from two heats and then the next best two qualifying for the final, the Aussies were suddenly within a chance of qualifying for the final.
However, six teams in the second heat ended up bettering Australia’s time with the Netherlands taking the final spot in the final after a 42.64.
That will only fuel Lane’s disappointment, who had teamed up with Lewis, Masters and Connolly to set a national record of 42.94 in Sydney earlier this year.
The same quartet bettered that record with a 42.83 at the World Relay Championships to book their ticket to Paris.
But Edwards replaced Lane for the meet in London on the eve of the Olympics, where they set another record of 42.48, and selectors stuck with that team.
Lane was left “heartbroken” by the decision.
“Heartbroken. Sadly I was not selected to compete in the starting 4 for the 4x100m relay today,” she wrote on Instagram.
“I feel I had done enough to be in that team with the season I had. Just missing a qualifying spot in the 100m at Olympics, 3rd at nationals, 2nd at Oceania champs, apart of the team that qualified the team for Olympics, and winning multiple races this year and then dropped from the relay with not many answers to why.
“I am fit, healthy and ready to go and I have worked extremely hard all year for this moment.
“I will continue to love and support the girls in the team through this experience.
“I have great people around me and thank you to everyone who has supported me in this journey so far. Bring on next year.”
Meanwhile, the men’s 4x100m team of Lachlan Kennedy, Jacob Despard, Calab Law and Josh Azzopardi set a new national record of 38.12, but failed to qualify for their final.
They finished sixth in their heat, but will be rapt with the time.
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