Jake run down

Rob Shaw
Updated May 23 2016 - 10:51pm, first published 7:00pm
Hopes doused: Tasmanian Jake Birtwhistle missed out on Olympic selection when the Australian triathlon team for Rio was named.
Hopes doused: Tasmanian Jake Birtwhistle missed out on Olympic selection when the Australian triathlon team for Rio was named.

TASMANIAN triathlete Jake Birtwhistle will have to wait another four years to prove his Olympic potential after missing out on selection to Rio.

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Rob Shaw

Rob Shaw

Sports editor

Heralding the impact of Tasmanian sport without saying "punching above its weight" is not as easy as it sounds.

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