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Olympic medallist Kelly Sotherton's chances of competing at London 2012 have suffered a major blow after she lost her funding from UK Athletics.
The 34-year-old, who came third in the 2004 Olympic heptathlon, was targeting a 400m place but has lost her second-tier "podium relay" funding.
A defiant Sotherton tweeted: "Nothing changes! Goals are still the same! I'm the master of my own destiny!"
Mark Lewis-Francis drops from top-level "podium" funding to podium relay.
There are three levels of funding in UKA's World Class Performance Programme.
Podium level funding is given to those athletes in contention to win medals and secure top-eight finishes at next summer's Olympics. Former Cuban Yamile Aldama and American-born Tiffany Porter both join the UK Athletics (UKA) podium level funding programme.
Podium relay funding is given to athletes expected to play a part in the relay events at the Olympics, while UKA also offers development funding to promising young athletes.
Sotherton was part of the British 4x400m relay team which took silver at the 2011 European Indoor Championships, but she could only finish sixth in the 400m at the UK Championships in August.
A defiant Sotherton tweeted: "Nothing changes! Goals are still the same! I'm the master of my own destiny!"
Mark Lewis-Francis drops from top-level "podium" funding to podium relay.
There are three levels of funding in UKA's World Class Performance Programme.
Podium level funding is given to those athletes in contention to win medals and secure top-eight finishes at next summer's Olympics. Former Cuban Yamile Aldama and American-born Tiffany Porter both join the UK Athletics (UKA) podium level funding programme.
Podium relay funding is given to athletes expected to play a part in the relay events at the Olympics, while UKA also offers development funding to promising young athletes.
Sotherton was part of the British 4x400m relay team which took silver at the 2011 European Indoor Championships, but she could only finish sixth in the 400m at the UK Championships in August.
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