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Tomlinson broke his five-year-old British long jump record of 8.27 metres by two centimetres in Germany in July, but could only manage 7.89m at the Nagai Stadium to finish 16th overall, 10cm short of the qualifying distance.

Greg Rutherford also failed to advance after reaching just 7.77m to finish in 21st position.

National javelin champion Sayers, along with Tomlinson were seen as strong chances for medals in the Far East, but the Belgrave Harrier looked uncomfortable throughout her qualifying round and managed just 57.23m.

Tomlinson endured an injury-ravaged 2005 but looked to have put recent turmoils, which had caused the Teessider to question his future in the sport, behind him after following up his record breaking throw in Germany with Great Britain's only medal at August's Norwich Union Grand Prix with a last-gasp effort of 8.16m.

But the national champion said: "I am very disappointed with that. I have had a good season and maybe I didn't realise how difficult it was to jump over eight metres and maybe I should have been more up for it and I fell into a bit of a rut.

"I am joint fifth in the world rankings and I have been beating these guys week in week out through out the season, but sometimes this happens in sport.

"You don't get it right in qualifying and you are out of there. It is the first time I have bombed out of qualifying and I need to establish why."