concentrate on enjoying racing now the pressure of last weekend’s Olympic Trials is gone.

The Chippenham middle-distance runner, 25, finished seventh in Sunday’s 1500m final in Birmingham with a time of 3:50.41, three-and-a-half seconds behind winner Andrew Baddeley.

Bishop’s chances of achieving the Olympic ‘A’ standard of 3:35.50 and selection for this summer’s Games are all but over, but after running the fourth fastest time this year of 3:37.51 in California in April, he is simply looking to the future.

“There’s been a lot of pressure in the last few months and I just want to enjoy my racing for a while now,” said Bishop.

“I was a little bit disappointed with how I did at the trials – I was never going to catch the top two (Baddeley and Ross Murray) but I think I could have got third place.

“But I found myself stuck in the pack a lot and it was never really my turn to get out and try to go to the front.”

Bishop was overlooked by the British selectors for this week’s European Championships in Helsinki and the Chippenham man added: “That was obviously a shame for me too but I’m still really excited about my future.

“I’ve ran a 3:37 this year and that was fantastic and I can start working towards next year’s World Championships straight away.

“I think my next stop will be in Huesden in Belgium (the KBC Night of Athletics) on July 7 and we’ll see what’s next from there.”

Elsewhere, fellow Chippenham athlete Elaine O’Neill continued her return to form with a season’s best 11.81 in the women’s 100m heats on Friday.

But the 22-year-old couldn’t make Saturday’s final as she finished eighth in her semi-final (11.90).