A pair of Aussie Olympians are in the course of an unpleasant spat over choice for the 2024 Paris Video games, after a controversial choice on the ladies’s marathon staff.
Six ladies met the Olympic entry normal of two:26:50 however 9 reported Sinead Diver, Genevieve Gregson and Jess Stenson (nee Trengove) have been chosen, with solely three spots obtainable.
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That has seen Lisa Weightman, a four-time Olympian and two-time Commonwealth Video games medallist, combating to be chosen in a furore that has spilled onto social media.
Weightman ran the third-fastest time within the qualification interval, a 2:23:15 behind Gregson’s 2:23:08 and Diver’s 2:21:34, however forward of Izzi Batt-Doyle (2:23:27), Eloise Wellings (2:25:47) and critically Stenson (2:24:01).
However Stenson, who gained gold on the 2022 Commonwealth Video games, ran her time simply six months after giving start to her second youngster.
Issues received private on Tuesday when Weightman’s husband Lachlan McArthur angrily tweeted at Stenson, asking her to take away the header picture on her Twitter account which noticed each households completely happy after a race.
“@JessTrengove may you please take down your background picture of my household,” McArthur wrote.
“BTW, this was after one of many 7-1 all-time face to face wins by @LisaWeightman.”
The put up confirmed that McArthur had already ‘muted’ Stenson’s account, to keep away from her posts, and was not following her.
Stenson modified the picture with McArthur then replying: “Thanks @JessTrengove for taking down the picture. It’s a lot appreciated. We’ve got a heartbroken household right here”.
McArthur has since deleted his account.
Weightman reportedly can lodge another enchantment to be chosen for the Video games.
Initially revealed as ‘Take down the picture of my household’: Aussie Olympians at struggle over choice bombshell
