English 5,000m runner Andy Vernon has apologised to Scotland's Lynsey
Sharp after a Twitter row over her winning silver in the
Commonwealth Games 800m.
Sharp, 24, finished second in Glasgow on Friday, less than a day after being on a hospital drip because of illness.
Vernon was critical of her reaction to her performance in several comments on the social media website.
But later Vernon, 28, apologised and tweeted: "What started as a joke got out of hand."
After Sharp had written that she planned to buy a Chanel handbag after winning a medal, Vernon said she should "mention it now and again".
But the Scot retorted: "It's not my fault cross country doesn't get quite as much publicity."
The pair then exchanged insults on the social media website, including Sharp referring to Vernon as "Andy Vermin".
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