Patrick Magyar meeting director of the Weltklasse Zurich Golden League meeting is disappointed there will be only two UK athletes competing in the world-famous event on Friday night.

Only 800metres and 1500m runners Tom Lancashire and Marilyn Okoro will take their places in the world's greatest non-championship meeting named the 'Three Hours Olympics' with more than 50 Beijing finalists taking part.

Magyar accepts there is a clash with the Aviva British Grand Prix in Gateshead on Sunday, but still feels some Britons - in particular Olympic 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu and the national 4x100m relay team - could have participated at both venues.

"The British Federation pulled out many athletes including the 4x100m relay team which was confirmed a long time ago," said Magyar.

The sprint relay is one of the highlights of the meeting, more so this year with Jamaica winners of the Olympic title in a world record time going head to head to the United States who were disqualified in Beijing.

Magyar added: "We think it would have been possible for those athletes who competed earlier in the week at the Olympics to have competed in Switzerland.

"Yes, we did make an offer for Christine Ohuruogu, but she isn't coming," clearly upset that a clash between her and arch USA rival Sanya Richards the bronze medallist in Beijing, will not take place.

Magyar stressed the Gateshead organisers Fast Track who promote the event on behalf of UK Athletics remain friends, but questioned whether the withdrawal of the British athletes was "proper behaviour."

Meanwhile British long jump record holder Chris Tomlinson is aiming to quickly re-invent his career after injury wrecked his chances of challenging for an Olympic medal.

Tomlinson will be looking for a big performance at the Aviva British Grand Prix in Gateshead.

The 26-year-old Teessider who arrived in China less than a week before his competition got under way after he tore a calf muscle at the London Grand Prix on July 26, always felt he could do himself justice in Beijing.

Tomlinson, fifth at the 2004 Athens Olympics, after receiving nearly three weeks of expert treatment still felt there was the opportunity of grabbing a medal despite the mishap.

But the world indoors silver medallist's dreams were shattered when he crashed out in his qualifying round managing a best effort of just 7.70metres compared to his UK record of 8.29m.

Tomlinson is determined to rebuild his career with a good performance in Gateshead, said: "Fitness wise, as the leg goes, I don't feel any pain in it.

"I've been training now for about a week and hopefully I can get out there on Sunday and try my best.

"To watch an Olympic games won with a distance of 8.34m

and to see people winning championships that you've beaten many times before, is slightly frustrating.

"But in another way it's encouraging that it at least shows I've got the potential and if my body was to hold up for once, I could do something special."