The Team GB pole vaulter, Molly Caudery, has crashed out of the Olympics in qualification after failing to clear 4.55m.
There will be no British representation in the women’s final after Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist, Holly Bradshaw, also bowed out, failing three times at 4.40m.
Caudery, from Cornwall, won the world indoor title in March and set a new British record, with high hopes for a medal in Paris, as well as setting a world lead in the event in the build-up to the Games.
The 24-year-old, however, will not contest the final after bowing out after three failed attempts at a height 37cm lower than her British record of 4.92m.
She told the BBC: “It’s honestly heartbreaking. Not the experience I was hoping for and I am so sorry for everyone back home. I wish I could have done better, but I am going to try learn from this and I will take everything I can from it.
“I felt great, the best shape of my life. I didn’t feel too nervous I love a big crowd. I don’t know why, but it wasn’t my day.”
There was further disappointment for Great Britain in the field events with both men’s discus throwers failing to qualify for the final. Lawrence Okoye and Nicholas Percy finished 11th and 12th in their respective qualifying groups.