NOVUNA GB & NI TEAM SELECTED FOR THE WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN TOKYO

NOVUNA GB & NI TEAM SELECTED FOR THE WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN TOKYO

Great Britain will send a team of up to 66 to the World Championships in Tokyo.  The fourteen athletes marked with an * have until 1 September to achieve the qualifying standard. There is also the possibility that they could be offered an invitation by World Athletics based on ranking but British Athletics often declines such invitations. Remember too that GB selection policy is first two at trials with third place at the discretion of the selectors.

Headlines include:

Olympic 1500m bronze medalist, Georgia Hunter Bell, who was considering doubling up has opted to run the 800 and compete with training partner, Keely Hodkinson.

It is great to see Jazmin Sawyers back after that horrendous injury.

Selection for Tokyo caps a magnificent year for 19-year-old Innes FitzGerald.

Amy Hunt only made the team for the relay in Paris, a year later she is selected for 100, 200 and relay.

This caps a great year for Elise Thorner who ran a steeplechase PR in Oslo.

There is a first senior outdoor championship selection for Joy Eze who was featured in RunBlogRun earlier this year.

There are 4 athletes in the men’s 1500 as Josh Kerr, as 2023 world champion, gets a wild card.

It is great to see the 2022 world champion at 1500, Jake Wightman, selected after missing the 2023 Worlds and 2024 Olympics with injury.

Ben Pattison took bronze in Budapest but has had a rough year,  His selection is well deserved.

It is sad to see Laviai Nielsen, relay medalist in Paris, opting out of selection after a difficult season.  Asha Philip omitted from the relay squad in Paris is again omitted; the end of the road for an athlete who never let GB down

The team in format name(coach, club) is as follows:

Women

100m

Dina Asher-Smith (Blackheath & Bromley)

Amy Hunt (Marco Airale, Charnwood)

Daryll Neita (Lance Brauman, Cambridge Harriers)

200m

Dina Asher-Smith (Blackheath & Bromley)

Amy Hunt (Marco Airale, Charnwood)

Daryll Neita (Lance Brauman, Cambridge Harriers)

400m

Amber Anning (Chris Johnson, Brighton & Hove)

Yemi Mary John (Alan James, Woodford Green Essex Ladies)

Victoria Ohuruogu (Newham and Essex Beagles)

800m

Georgia Hunter-Bell (Trevor Painter, Belgrave Harriers)

Keely Hodgkinson (Trevor Painter, Leigh)

Jemma Reekie (Jon Bigg, Kilbarchan)

1500m

Laura Muir (Laura Weightman, Dundee Hawkhill)

Revee Walcott-Nolan (Thomas Dreissigacker, Luton)

Erin Wallace (Trevor Painter, Giffnock North)

5000m

Melissa Country-Bryant (Rob Denmark, Poole)

Innes FitzGerald (Gavin Pavey, Exeter)

Hannah Nuttall (Helen Clitheroe, Wells City)

10,000m

Calli Hauger-Thackery (Nick Hauger, Hallamshire)*

Megan Keith (Ross Cairns, Inverness)*

400m Hurdles

Lina Nielsen (Tony Lester, Shaftesbury Barnet)

Emily Newnham (Nick Dakin, Shaftesbury Barnet)

3000m Steeplechase

Elise Thorner (Helen Clitheroe, Wells City)

Sarah Tait (Linda Smith, Lasswade)*

100m Hurdles

Marcia Sey (Lorna Boothe, Blackheath & Bromley)*

High Jump

Morgan Lake (Yannick Tregaro, Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow)*

Long Jump

Jazmin Sawyers (Aston Moore, City of Stoke)

Pole Vault

Molly Caudery (Scott Simpson, Thames Valley)

Hammer

Anna Purchase (Mohamed Ali Saatara, Notts AC)*

Heptathlon

Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Aston Moore, Liverpool)

Jade O’Dowda (John Lane, Newham and Essex Beagles) *

Abigail Pawlett (Ashley Bryant, Trafford) *

Women’s 4×100

Dina Asher-Smith (Blackheath & Bromley)

Success Eduan (Anita Richardson, Sale Harriers Manchester)

Joy Eze (Michael Donnelly, Gateshead)

Desiree Henry (Linford Christie, Enfield & Haringey)

Amy Hunt (Marco Airale, Charnwood)

Daryll Neita (Lance Brauman, Cambridge Harriers)

Women’s 4×400

Amber Anning (Chris Johnson, Brighton & Hove)

Hannah Brier (Rhys Williams, Swansea)

Poppy Malik (Grant Barker, Harrow)

Yemi Mary John (Alan James, Woodford Green Essex Ladies)

Victoria Ohuruogu (Newham and Essex Beagles)

Nicole Yeargin (Gregory Sholars, Pitreavie)

Men

100m

Jeremiah Azu (Helen James, Cardiff)

Romell Glave (Michael Afilaka, Croydon)

Zharnel Hughes (Glen Mills, Shaftesbury Barnet)

200m

Toby Harries (David Sadkin, Brighton Pheonix)*

Zharnel Hughes (Glen Mills, Shaftesbury Barnet)

400m

Charlie Dobson (Leon Baptiste, Colchester)

Matt Hudson-Smith (Gary Evans, Birchfield Harriers)

Samuel Reardon (Nigel Stickings, Blackheath & Bromley)

800m

Max Burgin (Ian Burgin, Halifax Harriers)

Tiarnan Crorken (Andrew Henderson, Preston)

Ben Pattison (Dave Ragan, Basingstoke & Mild Hants)

1500m

Elliot Giles (Jon Bigg, Birchfield Harriers)

Neil Gourley (Stephen Haas, Giffnock North)

Josh Kerr (Danny Mackey, Edinburgh)

Jake Wightman (John Hartigan, Edinburgh)

5000m

George Mills (Thomas Dreissigacker, Brighton Phoenix)

3000m Steeplechase

Zak Seddon (Bracknell AC)*

35k Race Walk

Cameron Corbishley (Andi Drake, Medway & Maidstone) *

400m Hurdles

Alastair Chalmers (Matt Elias, Guernsey)

Seamus Derbyshire (Alex O’Gorman, City of Stoke)

Tyri Donovan (Marina Armstrong, Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow)

110m Hurdles

Tade Ojora (Joanna Hayes, Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow) *

Marathon

Emile Cairess (Renato Canova, Leeds City)

Discus

Lawrence Okoye (Zane Duquemin, Croydon)

Nick Percy (Zane Duquermin, Harrow)

Hammer

Jake Norris (Nick Ridgeon, Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow) *

Shot Put

Scott Lincoln (Dale Stevenson, City of York) *

Men’s 4×400

Charlie Dobson (Leon Baptiste, Colchester)

Lewis Davey (Trevor Painter, Newham and Essex Beagles)

Toby Harries (David Sadkin, Brighton Pheonix)

Matt Hudson-Smith (Gary Evans, Birchfield Harriers)

Samuel Reardon (Nigel Stickings, Blackheath & Bromley)

Lee Thompson (John Henson, Sheffield & Dearne)

Men’s 4×100

Eugene Amo-Dadzie (Steve Fudge, Woodford Green Essex Ladies)

Jeremiah Azu (Helen James, Cardiff)

Jona Efoloko (Ryan Freckleton, Sale Harriers Manchester)

Romell Glave (Michael Afilaka, Croydon)

Louie Hinchliffe (Richard Kilty, Sheffield & Dearne)

Zharnel Hughes (Glen Mills, Shaftesbury Barnet)

*Selected subject to confirmation of a qualifying world ranking position on midnight Saturday 30th August

The mixed relay event will comprise a combination of the athletes named in the squad.

NOTES:

Laviai Nielsen and Jacob Fincham-Dukes did not wish to be considered for selection.

Since 2015, Stuart Weir has written for RunBlogRun. He attends about 20 events a year including all most global championships and Diamond Leagues. He enjoys finding the quirky and obscure story.

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