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Double Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah and heptathlon star Jessica Ennis-Hill will headline the British squad for next month’s world championships in Moscow, British Athletics announced yesterday. |
Farah and Ennis-Hill were two of the biggest successes of the London Games, and the former has been named for both the 5,000m and 10,000m events.
Ennis-Hill, however, has endured an injury-plagued season that has seen her absent from the track as she bids to shake off concerns over her ankle.
James Dasaolu, who became the second fastest Briton ever when he clocked 9.91sec to win the British championships last weekend, will be joined in the 100m by former drugs cheat Dwain Chambers and Harry Aikines-Aryeetey.
Reiging world junior 100m champion Adam Gemili was listed for the 200m after failing to clock the qualifying standard for the shorter sprint.
Participants in the men’s long jump will be announced at a later date in a bid to allow Olympic champion Greg Rutherford enough time to bounce back from a hamstring injury.
British squad: Men: 100m: Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Dwain Chambers, James Dasaolu. 200m: James Ellington, Adam Gemili, Delano Williams. 400m: Nigel Levine. 800m: Andrew Osagie, Michael Rimmer, 1500m: Chris O’Hare. 5000m: Mo Farah. 10,000m: Mo Farah. 110m Hurdles: William Sharman. 400m Hurdles: Dai Greene, Sebastian Rodger, Rhys Williams. 3000m Steeplechase: James Wilkinson. Long Jump: TBA. High Jump: Robbie Grabarz. Pole Vault: Steve Lewis. Discus Throw: Brett Morse. Decathlon: Ashley Bryant. 4x100m: Aikines-Aryeetey, Chambers, Dasaolu, Ellington, Gemili, Richard Kilty, Andrew Robertso, Deji Tobais. 4x400m: Michael Bingham, Jamie Bowie, Luke Lennon Ford, Levine, Martyn Rooney, Conrad Williams, Delano Williams.
Women: 100m: Asha Philip. 200m: Anyika Onuora, Jodie Williams. 400m: Christine Ohuruogu. 800m: Jessica Judd. Laura Muir, Marilyn Okoro. 1500m: Hannah England, Laura Weightman. 100m Hurdles: Tiffany Porter. 400m Hurdles: Meghan Beesley, Eilidh Child, Perri Shakes Drayton. 3000m Steeplchase: Eilish McColgan. Long Jump: Shara Proctor, Lorraine Ugen. Hammer Throw: Sophie Hitchon. Heptathlon: Jessica Ennis-Hill, Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Marathon: Sonia Samuels, Susan Partridge. 4x100m: Philip, Hayley Jones, Annabelle Lewis, Ashleigh Nelson, Bianca Williams, Dina Asher Smith, Williams. 4x400m: Margaret Adeoye, Child, Shana Cox, Kirsten McAslan, Kelly Massey, Christine Ohuruogu, Victoria Ohuruogu, Onuora, Shakes Drayton.