A canuck lister who lives over there says that it is front page news. If the
US had a similar selection system, it would be like KK being left off the
team and that story being the lead story on the network news. Can you
imagine?

EamonnC wrote:

> The runner expected to be among Paula Radcliffe's biggest rivals for the
> marathon gold medal at the Olympic Games has been left out of the
> Japanese team for Athens.
>
> In a decision which shocked even the country's prime minister, the
> selectors omitted Naoko Takahashi, who won the marathon at the last
> Olympics in Sydney.

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