Christine Ohuruogu admitted she was proud of herself after the 400m star ran what is very likely to be her final individual race at the Olympic Games at Rio 2016.
Ohuruogu won gold in the event at the Beijing 2008 Olympics Games and followed it up with a silver at London 2012 but Rio 2016 proved a step too far for the Team GB athlete as she finished 5th in her semi-final to miss out on the medal race. The 32 year old Londoner is unsure as to whether this will be her last ever individual race - she is set for the 4x400m relay in Rio - but said she would take time out to think things through.
“I am not too disappointed,” she said. “I’m actually quite proud to still be hanging around. I’m the only one of my generation still running.
“I really have to start looking after myself now.
“Mentally I’m tired, physically I’m tired so I’m not sure what the future but I know I need to shut everything down for a bit.
“I feel like I need a break.”
Emily Diamond also missed the final after finishing her semi-final in sixth place.
There was better news in the women’s 1,500m as both Laura Muir and Laura Weightman qualified from their respective semi-finals to the final.
“I just wanted to qualify for the final – you always speak about an Olympic final but it’s just an achievement to get there,” said Muir. “I’m really chuffed.”
In the men’s 400m final, Matthew Hudson-Smith finished eighth in an astonishing race won by South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk in a world record of 43.03.
“That was mental and when you think how quick it was and to be part of that,” he said.
“I thought I was going well on the back straight and then I got to 250m and it was going up another gear.
Both CJ Ujah and James Dasaolu narrowly missed out on the 100m final despite strong semi-final performances in an event ultimately won later in the night by Jamaican icon Usain Bolt.
“I feel like I got a good start and I got tall and running well but I didn’t have it towards the end of the race,” said Dasaolu.
“I gave it my best shot and that is all you can do."
In the field, Robert Grabarz qualified for the men’s high jump final after clearing 2.29m but compatriot Chris Baker misses out after narrowly failing to clear the height.