BOA to consult world body over Cook

The British Olympic Association are to consult the World Taekwondo Federation in the next 24 hours as the decision to overlook world number one Aaron Cook for London 2012 comes under increasing scrutiny.

Great Britain Taekwondo's nomination of Lutalo Muhammad, 59 ranking places below Cook, in the under 80kg division despite twice being asked to reconsider was already being looked at by the BOA.

Now the world governing body has announced a review of its own, after expressing concerns over the transparency of the process and claiming the manner of selection is bringing the sport into disrepute.

The BOA's Olympic Qualification Standards Panel reconvened on Thursday, having met on Wednesday night to hear a review of the process from one of their lawyers - who was present at Wednesday's selection meeting - but will now speak to the WTF before coming to a decision on whether procedures were correctly followed.

"Before ratifying any athlete nomination for a host nation qualification place the OQS Panel must be certain the approved selection procedures have been followed and the process has been fair and balanced," said a BOA statement.

"The OQS Panel was notified this morning that the international federation for taekwondo, the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF), is now conducting an immediate review of the British Taekwondo selection process as well.

"Given the importance of the issues being considered, the OQS Panel will consult with the World Taekwondo Federation and the British Olympic Association board of directors before making its final decision.

"This consultation will take place tomorrow and the panel will make its decision as quickly as possible thereafter."