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Olympic weightlifter Rebekah Tiler has missed this weekend’s British Championships in protest over funding.
Tiler, 18, was due to compete in the Women’s -69kg category on Sunday.
UK Sport cut all funding for British Weightlifting as they did not believe they possessed a ‘credible’ medal chance for Tokyo 2020.
“Sorry guys won’t be at the British this year on strike till some funding is found. British Weightlifting, thanks for messing my life up,” she tweeted.
Tiler finished 10th at Rio 2016 and is a four-time European champion.
She had previously criticised the sport’s governing body, saying that she was living in student accommodation and there was no physio to treat her sore knees. British Weightlifting responded by saying that there was not much they could do without the UK Sport funding.
Tiler had claimed silver in the snatch and finished fourth overall in the -69kg division at the European Championships in April.
BBC Sport has contacted British Weightlifting for a response.
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