Cook would consider Olympic fight-off

London World number one taekwondo champion Aaron Cook one is prepared for a fight-off with British rival Lutalo Mohammad to be able to have a chance of qualifying for the 2012 London Olympic Games. European champion Cook was controversially overlooked by GB Taekwondo, with Mohammad dropping down a weight class to compete at the Games. At the third time of asking, the British Olympic Association (BOA) ratified world number 59 Mohammad’s nomination. Cook’s lawyers Harbottle and Lewis will send a “letter before action” to the BOA in the next 24 hours, outlining their legal case.That letter will include new evidence the GB Taekwondo selection process was flawed, according to Cook’s agent Jamie Cunningham. If there is no progress from the BOA or the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF), who are undertaking their own review of the process, by the start of next week then Cook will take a legal challenge to either the Court of Arbitration for Sport or London’s High Court. But Cunningham believes it is possible for the Olympic competition to be expanded to 17 athletes, with Cook and Mohammad meeting in a preliminary round. from gulfnews.com