Andrews and Potter seal Rio spots but Pavey must wait
BySportsbeat
Published 22/05/2016 at 10:36 GMT
Former European 10,000m champion Jo Pavey finished sixth in the British trials as Jess Andrews smashed her personal best to book her spot on the plane to Rio.
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The 23-year-old knocked 83 seconds off her best time to win the trials in 31 minutes and 58 seconds.
Beth Potter finished second and also dipped under the qualification standard of 32:15 to book her ticket to the Olympic Games.
Andrews said: "Everyone dreams of the Olympics. But it's whether you're dreaming about the reality, or whether you think, ah, it's a dream, it's never going to happen.
"I'm still a little bit shell-shocked. I've been training really hard, crazy hard, and I believed it was going to be my day.
"It's weird - I'd had vibes in training, thinking I was feeling really good, and I had nothing to lose."
Pavey, 42, won the European title in 2014 but came into this race having just overcome a chest infection.
She will now go in search of the qualifying time at another race and keep her fingers crossed that selectors award her a third, discretionary, spot on the team.
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