Published Date: 05 July 2008 CRAIG MacLean admitted last night that he is "not optimistic" that he will be selected for this summer's Olympic Games, and that, at 36, he could be facing retirement. MacLean's last realistic chance to convince the selectors that he should go to Beijing came at the Manchester Velodrome last night, with a trial event pitting him against Jason Kenny and the Olympic gold medallist from the 2000 Sydney Games, Jason Q ueally. With three sprint cyclists already selected – Jamie Staff, Chris Hoy and Ross Edgar – only one place remains, and the three riders were each given an opportunity to impress in specially staged team sprint trials. In the event, MacLean and Queally recorded the same time – 13.16 seconds for a flying lap of the 250m track – while 20-year old Kenny went two-tenths of a second...
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