GREAT Britain suffered a disastrous morning at the World Championships as British record holders Chris Tomlinson and Goldie Sayers both failed to advance from their qualifying in Osaka.
Teessider Tomlinson broke his five-year-old British long jump record of 8.27 metres by two centimetres in Germany in July, but could only manage 7.89m at the Nagai Stadium to finish 16th overall, 10cm short of the qualifying distance.
Greg Rutherford also failed to advance after reaching just 7.77m to finish in 21st position.
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