Alex Dowsett wanted daughter to be able to say her dad was an Olympian

The British time trial champion has shared his heartbreak after not being selected for the Tokyo games

Alex Dowsett riding stage one of the Giro d'Italia 2021
(Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

Alex Dowsett has voiced how disappointed he is to miss out on the Team GB selection at the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer, saying he wanted his daughter to be able to say her dad was an Olympian.

Dowsett (Israel Start-Up Nation) posted a video up on his YouTube channel to talk about how he feels about missing out on the team selection and what he thinks about the new rules implemented by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

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