English players reflect on missed Olympic opportunity

Another supportive article on the BBC website quotes a number of the leading English players questioning why squash was left out of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

With so many of home-grown players - both men and women - in the top 20 in the world, many see this as a lost opportunity for Britain to win medals in 2012.

Speaking from the successful Canary Wharf event that Peter Nicol promotes, the now-retired squash legend says that it "hurt like hell" when his sport was denied a place in the London Olympics, though he adds: "We have a very realistic chance of getting in for 2016 - I think it's just a matter of time."

26 year-old Nick Matthew is also quoted, lamenting the fact that he and other young English players will be past their peak should squash make it into the 2016 games.

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