London 2012 Olympics: Aaron Cook ready to 'fight to the end' to secure London 2012 Olympics taekwondo place Cunningham believed the BOA was over-hasty in its decision to ratify Muhammad's nomination and called on it to reconsider to avoid a costly and damaging court battle, though he warned that Cook was ready to "fight to the end" to secure his place at the Olympics. The BOA said it would not be commenting until it received the legal letter. Cook is being advised by Michael Beloff QC, one of the heavyweights of sports law who successfully overturned the decision of British Gymnastics not to select a rhythmic gymnastics team for London 2012. Cunningham said: "We urge the BOA not to make Aaron Cook a victim of a flawed selection process which they may not have written but the BOA did approve as the body ultimately responsible for selecting and contracting all British athletes at the London Olympic Games." Cook is hoping that an investigation by the World Taekwondo Federation into GB Taekwondo's selection policy will help his cause, though his team have yet to receive details of the scope or timeline of the WTF inquiry. Cunningham said that if the investigation was not concluded by next Monday, they would have no choice to press ahead with any legal challenge regardless. The final deadline for athletes to be named for the Olympic Games is July 6. "We would prefer not to push the legal button but if we don't receive anything that is indicative of another solution, then that's what we've got to consider," Cunningham said. That's where Mr Beloff and the team come into play and why we have had initial reports on it. To avoid the courtroom, one idea that Cunningham has floated is for the International Olympic Committee and the WTF to give Cook a spot at the Games as the "17th man" in the 16-athlete competition, with a preliminary-round fight-off with Muhammad. He said: "If the WTF wanted one of the biggest sporting occasions of the Olympic Games, Lutalo versus Aaron in a preliminary round probably would be that. But, we hasten to add, we know how complicated it would be to get to that decision.