AXE TO GRIND

Purdue means business after Olympics snub

- ALEX SPINK

MARATHON star Charlotte Purdue says her desire to compete for Britain again has been “tainted” by the way she was ditched for the Olympics.

Purdue, the fourth fastest British woman of all time, is out to show why she should have been in Japan when she runs the London Marathon this Sunday.

She is trying to move on from losing out in selection to an athlete with a slower time. Only she can’t forget being “thrown under a bus”.