Foster's dreams dashed

13 April 2012

Mark Foster's dream of a fifth Olympics appeared to end in Madrid's European championship pool.

Britain's top freestyle sprinter failed to achieve the time he needed to give weight to his appeal against exclusion from the Athens team.

Foster finished fifth and outside the 22.42sec he needed to match the tough British selection criteria.

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