Electronic Telegraph Sunday 24 September 2000 THE EARLY elimination in the heats of Diane Modahl in the 800 metres in Sydney will come as no surprise to the British Olympic Association, who managed to write off her chances before the Games even began. A detailed schedule provided to the media by the BOA at the start of the Games listed day-by-day details of all the British competitors in action. In most cases, the Britons were pencilled in right up to their respective finals - that is apart from Modahl, whose name disappeared from the schedule after the opening round. The BOA did manage to get one thing wrong, however. Triple-jumper Larry Achike also vanished from the schedule after the opening qualifying round. Yesterday Achike confounded expectations by leaping straight into the final with a personal best jump of 17.30 metres - ahead of world record holder and gold medal favourite Jonathan Edwards (17.08m). Eamonn Condon WWW.RunnersGoal.com
