Jemma Simpson is targeting a place in the final of the

Olympic Games 800m after enduring one of the worst weeks of her

life.

The 24-year-old West runner had to wait for seven days after

the trials before finally being told she had made the team when

the second wave of selections was confirmed.

But the wait has only sharpened the former Millfield School

student's desire to ensure her Olympic experience will be

remembered for all the right reasons.

“I think I can run 1min 58secs, and if things go well that

could get me into the final,” said Simpson.

“There are a couple of girls who have run 1:55.56, who are

ahead of everyone else, but then there is a group of us who can

run 1:58.59 battling for a place in the final. That is what I

am chasing. I'm not just going there to take part.”

Racing in Holland, Bristol sprinter Ryan Scott clocked

10.35secs over 100m as his Olympic dream finally ended.

Scott, who competes for Yate and District AC and trained at

Bath with Craig Pickering, ran a personal best of 10.20 last

week but it proved too late for a call-up into the British

relay team for the Beijing Games.

● Yate athlete Sara Barry won the triple jump at the

Birmingham Games with a clearance of 12.45m, her second-best

effort of the summer. There was also a victory for Stroud's

Scottish international Tom Russell in the 3,000m, which

incorporated the Midland Senior Championships.

● Teenager Beth Jones set a new personal best of 41.17m to

win the hammer as her club, Yate and District AC, finished

third in the BAL Cup match on Saturday.

● Marathon international Lucy Hasell, from Wellington,

finished fifth (35mins 53secs) in the BUPA Great Capital Run

10K road race in Hyde Park.

● Bristol and West runner Phil Parry cruised to victory in

the Wellington 10K, finishing more than a minute clear of

Clevedon's Paul Wilson.

The women's title went to Wells athlete Anna Lewis.

● Mike Blackmore, of Bitton Road Runners, won the latest

Towpath 10K along the River Avon from Jon Hanley and Bristol

super vet John Duncan.