London 2012 Olympics: Lutalo Muhammad's coach was on Aaron Cook GB Taekwondo selection panel The stalemate and likely legal wrangle will do little for either athlete. In an increasingly bitter and entrenched atmosphere, Muhammad, who is blameless in the row, is understood to have received hate mail, while Cook continues to train but with an ever-decreasing chance of competing in London. The selection process has caused deep disquiet at the BOA, which has in effect accused GBT of bias against Cook amid suggestions that he is paying the price for choosing to leave its world-class programme last year. The make-up of the original five-man panel that rejected Cook prompted questions from the BOA about its independence and processes. The members were: Hall; Joseph Salim, the GBT high-performance coach responsible for its -80kg programme who has worked extensively with Muhammad; Steve Jennings, a GBT coach married to world champion Sarah Stevenson; Paul Green, a coach and former international taekwondo athlete once coached by Hall; and Dr Steve Peters, the British Cycling team psychiatrist who is a non-executive director of GBT. The panel voted 2-1 in favour of Muhammad with two abstentions. Peters is understood to have been one of those who abstained, but he declined to discuss his role when contacted by The Daily Telegraph. Salim is understood not to have voted in the second panel. Hall is said to have voted in Cook's favour, though he has defended the decision to select Muhammad and insists that the coaches are best placed to judge who should go to the Games. The new headshot rule was in place at the European Championships last month, where Cook secured gold and Muhammad won the non-Olympic -87kg title. Cook's camp believes that his decision to leave GBT's programme has been justified by subsequent results. There are also suggestions his decision to walk away has weighed against him. These are denied by Hall. "The fact Aaron is outside our system had nothing to do with it," he said.