Mathas left frustrated

Athletics: Brad Mathas is furious at his Birmingham Commonwealth Games selection treatment. The 28-year-old won the 800 metres at a Japanese meet at the weekend in 1m 46.1s — that’s 1.1s off the Games A standard and 0.3 of a second off the B benchmark. The New Zealand qualifying period closed on May 1 ahead of the August 3 first round of the event, but strangely he can still work towards qualifying for the world championships in July. Mathas said it had been hard to come to terms with.