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Rebecca McGowan says “I deserve my spot” in Team GB\u2019s taekwondo Olympic squad, insisting a fight-off with Bianca Cook was “never on my agenda”.<\/b><\/p>\n
McGowan, 24, has been selected to compete in the +67kg category in Paris.<\/p>\n
The Scot, a two-time World Championships medallist , was ranked higher than Cook at the end of the Olympic qualification period in December.<\/p>\n
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<\/a> to determine who went to the Games.<\/p>\n “A fight-off was never on my agenda,” McGowan told BBC Scotland. <\/p>\n “I did everything to merit this position. I deserve my spot and that is all I think.<\/p>\n “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.<\/p>\n “I put my faith in myself and in fighting in the ring and doing what I know best and it worked.<\/p>\n “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.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n