After Brendan Hansen failed last night to make the US Olympic swimming team in the 200-meter breatstroke -- an event in which he held the world record up until a month ago -- Japanese rival and double Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima had some analysis...

Former 200m breaststroke world record-holder Brendan Hansen has suffered a shock defeat at the US Olympic trials.

Hansen had held the fastest time over the distance until June 8 when Japanese rival Kosuke Kitajima shattered it a swim of 2min 07.51 in Tokyo.

However Hansen, who holds three of the top-five times for the distance, could only manage a disappointing forth in Nebraska.

Hansen, who will travel to Beijing for the 100m breaststroke, said: "I'm still in shock. I just got tired toward the end."

Source: Sky News