Rebecca McGowan says “I deserve my spot” in Team GB’s taekwondo Olympic squad, insisting a fight-off with Bianca Cook was “never on my agenda”.
McGowan, 24, has been selected to compete in the +67kg category in Paris.
The Scot, a two-time World Championships medallist , was ranked higher than Cook at the end of the Olympic qualification period in December.
Triple world champion Cook, who has two Olympic bronze medals, is fit again after missing several events through injury and felt she deserved a contest with McGowan to determine who went to the Games.
“A fight-off was never on my agenda,” McGowan told BBC Scotland.
“I did everything to merit this position. I deserve my spot and that is all I think.
“In the past 18 months I have worked tirelessly to put myself in the best position that I could be in and to finish the highest ranked GB athlete in the +67kg category.
“I put my faith in myself and in fighting in the ring and doing what I know best and it worked.
“I have got no bad blood in the situation. I wish her well in everything she does. To be honest, right now my main focus is on my Olympics and being in the best position for that.”
