60 British athletes named to compete at World Championships
British Athletics has today named a 60 strong team for the IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia 10-19 August.
Leading the charge for medals in Russia will be Double Olympic Champion Mo Farah (Alberto Salazar) in the 5000m and 10000m who receives an automatic place in the men’s 5000m as defending IAAF world champion.
Farah will be attempting to become the first Briton to retain a world title whilst Olympic silver medallist and Sainsbury’s British Championships 400m winner Christine Ohuruogu (Lloyd Cowan) will look to regain the title she won in 2007.
Here is the full list:
100m:
Mens:
Harry Aikines Aryeetey (Rana Reider);
Dwain Chambers (Reider);
James Dasaolu (Steve Fudge);
Womens
Asha Philip (Christine Bowmaker)
200m:
Mens:
James Ellington (Reider);
Adam Gemili (Michael Afilaka);
Delano Williams (Neil Harrison);
Womens
Anyika Onuora (Reider);
Jodie Williams (Stanley Madiri);
400m:
Mens:
Nigel Levine (Linford Christie);
Womens
Christine Ohuruogu (Lloyd Cowan);
800m:
Mens
Andrew Osagie (Craig Winrow)
Michael Rimmer (Norman Poole);
Womens
Jessica Judd (Rob Denmark);
Laura Muir (Andy Young);
Marilyn Okoro (Johnny Gray);
1500m:
Mens
Chris O’Hare (Steve Gulley);
Womens
Hannah England (Bud Baldaro);
Laura Weightman (Steve Cram);
5000m:
Mo Farah (Alberto Salazar);
10,000m:
Mo Farah (Salazar);
110mH:
Mens
William Sharman (Jerzy Maciukiewicz);
Womens
Tiffany Porter (Reider);
400mH:
Mens
Dai Greene (Malcolm Arnold),
Sebastian Rodger (Stephen King)
Rhys Williams (Adrian Thomas);
Womens
Meghan Beesley (Nick Dakin);
Eilidh Child (Arnold);
Perri Shakes Drayton (Chris Zah);
3000mSC:
Mens
James Wilkinson (Philip Townsend);
Womens
Eilish McColgan (Liz McColgan);
Long Jump:
Mens
TBA;
Womens
Shara Proctor (Reider);
Lorraine Ugen (Frank Attoh);
High Jump:
Mens
Robbie Grabarz (Fayyaz Ahmed);
Womens
Sophie Hitchon (Tore Gustafsson);
Pole Vault:
Steve Lewis (Dan Pfaff);
Heptathlon
Jessica Ennis (Toni Minichiello);
Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Mike Holmes);
Discus Throw:
Brett Morse (Andy Brittan);
Decathlon:
Ashley Bryant (Ian Grant);
4x100m:
Mens
Aikines Aryeetey (Reider);
Chambers (Reider);
Dasaolu (Fudge);
Ellington (Reider);
Gemili (Afilaka);
Richard Kilty (Christie)
Andrew Robertson (Daniel Cossins);
Deji Tobais (Jonas Tawiah Dodoo);
Womens
Hayley Jones (Donald Moss),
Annabelle Lewis (Roger Walters),
Ashleigh Nelson (Afilaka), Bianca Williams (Cowan),
Dina Asher Smith (John Blackie);
Williams (Madiri);
4x400m:
Mens
Michael Bingham (George Williams);
Jamie Bowie (Piotr Haczek)
Luke Lennon Ford (Christie);
Levine (Christie);
Martyn Rooney (Reider);
Conrad Williams (Christie);
Delano Williams (Harrison)
Womens
Margaret Adeoye (Christie),
Child (Arnold);
Shana Cox (George Williams),
Kirsten McAslan (Trevor Painter),
Kelly Massey (Stephen Ball),
Christine Ohuruogu (Cowan),
Victoria Ohuruogu (Cowan)
Onuora (Reider);
Shakes Drayton (Zah).