Indian middle distance runners Sinimole Paulose and Sajeesh Joseph's Olympic [ Images ] dreams came crashing down as both of them failed to make the cut for London [ Images ] at the Folksam Sollentuna Grand Prix [ Images ] in Stockholm, Sweden.
Sinimole finished a disappointing seventh in the women's 1500m after clocking a time of 4:13.91s much below the Olympic Qualification timing.
Another London hopeful, Joseph crashed out of contention after travelling 9000km to attend the Grand Prix with a hope to achieve qualification timing for men's 800m.
Sajeesh finished second in B race of the men's 800 with a timing of 1:47.87s behind Mayni Ahmed who won the race in 1:47.69s.
Sajeesh who has been consistently running in 1:47 but could not crack 1:46 on Thursday.
Hilary Stellingwerff of Canada [ Images ] won the women's 1500m event in 4:09.14 and Zoe Buckman of Australia [ Images ] was runner-up with 4:09.54s.
Sinimole started the season with excellent timings but could not further improve as the deadline for qualification neared.
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