GB Sevens captain Brown 'heartbroken' to miss Olympics

GB Sevens skipper Abbie Brown says she is "heartbroken" and "truly devastated" to miss this summer's Paris Olympics because of a hamstring injury.

Brown was aiming to subordinate Wales' Jasmine Joyce arsenic nan first British rugby players to look astatine 3 Olympic Games, but was ruled retired of nan final squad.

The 28-year-old narrowly missed retired connected a bronze badge astatine Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, finishing 4th connected some occasions.

"One of nan astir affectional and hardest 2 weeks of my career," Brown said connected social media., external

"Heartbroken, gutted and genuinely devastated but this is athletics and it's not each sunshine and rainbows.

"Hamstring is now attached and I can’t hold to beryllium nan champion cheerleader location is for my girls this summer."

The women's sevens arena astatine nan Olympics starts connected 28 July, pinch nan GB men's squad needing to triumph nan Olympic repechage tournament successful Monaco this play to qualify.