‘Take down the photo of my family’: Aussie Olympians at war over selection bombshell

A pair of Aussie Olympians are in the middle of an ugly spat over a controversial selection call for the women’s marathon team in Paris.

The Aussie Olympic marathon drama.

A pair of Aussie Olympians are in the middle of an ugly spat over selection for the 2024 Paris Games, after a controversial decision on the women’s marathon team.

Six women met the Olympic entry standard of 2:26:50 but Nine reported Sinead Diver, Genevieve Gregson and Jess Stenson (nee Trengove) have been selected, with only three spots available.

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That has seen Lisa Weightman, a four-time Olympian and two-time Commonwealth Games medallist, fighting to be selected in a furore that has spilled onto social media.

Weightman ran the third-fastest time in the qualification period, a 2:23:15 behind Gregson’s 2:23:08 and Diver’s 2:21:34, but ahead of Izzi Batt-Doyle (2:23:27), Eloise Wellings (2:25:47) and critically Stenson (2:24:01).

But Stenson, who won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, ran her time just six months after giving birth to her second child.

Lisa Weightman (left) after winning 2018 Commonwealth Games silver. Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images

Things got personal on Tuesday when Weightman’s husband Lachlan McArthur angrily tweeted at Stenson, asking her to remove the header image on her Twitter account which saw both families happy after a race.

“@JessTrengove could you please take down your background photo of my family,” McArthur wrote.

“BTW, this was after one of the 7-1 all-time head to head wins by @LisaWeightman.”

The controversial tweet in question.

The post showed that McArthur had already ‘muted’ Stenson’s account, to avoid her posts, and was not following her.

Stenson changed the photo with McArthur then replying: “Thank you @JessTrengove for taking down the photo. It is much appreciated. We have a heartbroken family here”.

McArthur has since deleted his account.

Weightman reportedly can lodge one more appeal to be selected for the Games.

Originally published as ‘Take down the photo of my family’: Aussie Olympians at war over selection bombshell