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The world No1 Aaron Cook has changed his Mike Wallace Jersey allegiance from Great Britain to the Isle of Man. The 21-year-old was left out of the GB team for London 2012 in favour of Lutalo Muhammad, the world No59. Cook appealed to the British Olympic Association but lost and gave up on his threat to take the matter to the high court.Cook, who Wholesale NFL Jerseys was born in Dorchester, will now fight in the European and world championships under a Manx flag, after he followed through on his promise to switch his allegiance unless the GB Taekwondo selectors responsible for his omission resigned."I was reigning European champion, world No1 Mike Wallace Elite Jersey I am never going to work with those people [British Taekwondo] again," Cook told Sky Sports News. "They have made their minds up with what they have done to me and I've made my mind up."I think I am quite lucky at the moment, the WTF [World Taekwondo Federation] areNFL Wholesale Jerseys looking to organise new competitions, such as a grand prix, which they have said will open up a different path to the Olympics based on world rankings so all I have got to do is go and win the world championships, the European championships and make sure I am top-ranked in the Troy Polamalu Jersey world and I can get there off my own back which we didn't have in the past."Cook had considered fighting in next year's worlds in Mexico as an independent and explored the possibility of switching nationality to France or the USA but by fighting for a British dependency he retains a hope of competing for Team GB in the Rio Olympics in 2016. This summer the Manx cyclists Mark Cavendish and Pete Kennaugh represented Team GB in London.Cook felt he was overlooked Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys for the Games because he split from GB Taekwondo's world-class performance plan system last year to train on his own.The BOA forced GB Taekwondo to twice reconsider its decision to select Muhammad over Cook before finally agreeing that it had followed the correct procedure at the third time of asking."I just wish I could have been Troy Polamalu Elite Jersey on that team," Cook said. "I felt I deserved to be on that team. I've got to find some peace and I've to go move forward and this Isle of Man [opportunity] has come up and I can't wait to be hopefully world champion next year."The BOA and UK Sport have promised to force governing bodies to draw up more transparent, objective selection criteria ahead of Rio 2016, and Cook has written to the WTF to ask it to ensure its world rankings count for Cheap Wholesle NFL Jerseys more in determining selection for the Games.It was not a comfortable journey and it took longer than Brendan Rodgers thought necessary, but a place in the last 32 of the Europa League belongs to Liverpool. Qualification came courtesy of Jordan Henderson's first-half goal authentic nfl steelers jerseys plus Antonio Di Natale's last-gasp miss on a night when victory and nerve were essential against Udinese for a place in the knockout phase.Liverpool finished top of Group A with Anzhi Makhachkala falling to defeat Young Boys in Berne but would have gone out had Di Natale denied them a deserved win in Italy. Instead, the Italy international blazed over following a slick one-two on the edge of the area and could only offer a wry authenticnflsteelersjerseys.com smile, and receive an embrace from a hugely grateful José Reina, as Liverpool advanced on the finest of margins."My heart was in my mouth at the end," said Rodgers. "With 20 seconds left we give the ball away and you know Di Natale has the quality to hurt you. Hopefully it is a sign we have that little bit of luck now, because in that BE1210ZYH one moment we could have been out of the competition, even though we had dominated so much. Over the course of the group we have deserved it, and the fact we are through is great credit to the players."