SAINT-DENIS, France -- Young Team GB sprinter Louie Hinchliffe missed out on qualifying for the men's 100-metre final on Sunday despite recording a time of 9.97 seconds.
Fellow Brit Zharnel Hughes, also failed to make the final. Hughes made the Tokyo 2020 final before being agonisingly disqualified for a false start.
Hinchliffe ran in Lane 5 next to event favourite Noah Lyles of the United States. He beat Lyles in the heats on Saturday, although he came third in Sunday's semifinal behind Jamaica's Seville Oblique and Lyles.
The 22-year-old had to hope to qualify as one of the two fastest losers, however the third and fourth-placed times in the next semifinal were 9.92 seconds and 9.93 seconds, meaning Hinchliffe missed out.
Afterwards, he said he treated it "too much like a final" and was too focused, rather than staying relaxed.
"I was more focused on the race, not really thinking about where I am, maybe kind of too much. I didn't balance it out too well. I kind of treated it a bit too much like a final. I probably should have been a bit more relaxed going into it if I'll do something different next time," Hinchliffe said.
He pledged to return for the next Olympic Games hosted by Los Angeles in 2028.
"I'll come back stronger next year. I'm not going to regress. I think it was my first year on the scene, so yeah, I think there's a lot more to come," he said.
Hughes represents a contrasting story. He was hoping these Games would go much better than Tokyo, but he was dealt a major blow last month when he suffered a hamstring injury.
"[It was] just last month. It's not the easiest thing to come back from, especially what I had. I had a grade two [tear] on the outside of the hamstring, so obviously not getting me enough races to get me in race shape was my issue."