UK Athletics has introduced the British crew chosen for the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia on the 18-20 March.
A number of athletes confirmed their locations within the squad on the UK Athletics Indoor Championships on the Utilita Area Birmingham final weekend together with 2018 world indoor champion Andrew Pozzi (Stratford-upon-Avon), in-form Elliot Giles (Jon Bigg, Brighton Phoenix), and 2016 world indoor medallist Lorraine Ugen (Dwight Phillips, Thames Valley).
They are going to be joined by Olympic silver medallist Keely Hodgkinson (Trevor Painter, Leigh) who will double up within the 800m and 4x400m relay within the Serbian capital. UK 400m champion Jessie Knight (Marina Armstrong, Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow) and bronze medallist Ama Pipi (Linford Christie, Enfield and Haringey) additionally be a part of the ladies’s 4x400m squad.
Two European indoor document breakers this season, Ed Faulds (James Wright, Rugby & Northampton) and Marc Scott (Jerry Schumacher, Richmond & Zetland), are additionally included within the crew.
In kind Marc Scott will run within the males’s 3000m. Picture: James Rhodes
Double European U20 champion and Futures Programme athlete, Faulds – certainly one of eight athletes making their senior debuts on the Championships – lowered the continental U20 document on the Muller Indoor Grand Prix Birmingham final month with a time of 46.16.
In the meantime, Scott broke the European indoor 5000m document earlier this yr, and after profitable on the UK Championships over the 3000m on the weekend, he’ll run over the shorter distance indoors alongside Jamaine Coleman (Preston).
Invites for the mixed occasions might be issued by World Athletics later this week. Any additional invites from World Athletics might be issued after 9 March. These might be accepted by UK Athletics supplied the invited athlete(s), meet the eligibility standards and to the satisfaction of the Panel, display present kind and health in 2022 which means that they’re able to being aggressive in Belgrade.
Olympic Head Coach, Christian Malcolm, mentioned,
“We’re happy to have chosen 33 athletes, thus far, to signify the nation on the World Athletics Indoor Championships. These called-up have earned their vest and I do know they’ll all signify their nation with satisfaction in Belgrade subsequent month.
“We now have a variety of athletes who’ve actually stepped up throughout this indoor season, setting a variety of PBs and SBs, so it’ll be thrilling to see how they translate that into the Championship setting. It’s additionally nice to see a variety of athletes reaching their first senior vest too, so congratulations to the eight athletes who’re gaining theirs for the primary time.”
The British crew for the World Athletics Indoor Championships, Belgrade, Serbia, 18-20 March:
Girls’s 60m
Cheyanne Evans-Grey (Nat Senior, Croydon)
Daryll Neita (Cambridge Harriers)
Girls’s 400m
Jessie Knight (Marina Armstrong, Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow)
Ama Pipi (Linford Christie, Enfield and Haringey)
Girls’s 800m
Keely Hodgkinson (Trevor Painter, Leigh)
Jenny Selman (Fife)
Girls’s 1500m
Erin Wallace (Andy Younger, Giffnock North)
Girls’s 3000m
Amy-Eloise Markovc (Chris Fox, Wakefield)
Amelia Quirk (Mick Woods, Bracknell)
Girls’s 60m Hurdles
Megan Marrs (Alex Nwenwu, Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow)
Girls’s Lengthy Soar
Jazmin Sawyers (Lance Braunman, Metropolis of Stoke)
Lorraine Ugen (Dwight Phillips, Thames Valley)
Girls’s Shot Put
Sophie McKinna (Nice Yarmouth)
Girls’s 4x400m Relay
Keely Hodgkinson (Trevor Painter, Leigh)
Yemi Mary John (Alan James, Woodford Inexperienced Essex Girls)
Jessie Knight (Marina Armstrong, Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow)
Ama Pipi (Linford Christie, Enfield and Haringey)
Victoria Ohuruogu (Newham and Essex Beagles)
Hannah Williams (Steve Fudge, Herts Phoenix)
Males’s 60m
Andrew Robertson (Sale Harriers Manchester)
Adam Thomas (Bracknell)
Males’s 400m
Ed Faulds (James Wright, Rugby and Northampton)
Males’s 800m
Elliot Giles (Jon Bigg, Birchfield)
Man Learmonth (Justin Rinaldi, Lasswade)
Males’s 1500m
Neil Gourley (Ben Thomas, Giffnock North)
George Mills (Brighton Phoenix)
Males’s 3000m
Jamaine Coleman (Preston)
Marc Scott (Jerry Schumacher, Richmond and Zetland)
Males’s 60m Hurdles
David King (Tim O’Neil, Metropolis of Plymouth)
Andrew Pozzi (Stratford-upon-Avon)
Males’s Shot Put
Scott Lincoln (Paul Wilson, Metropolis of York)
Males’s 4x400m Relay
Ed Faulds (James Wright, Rugby and Northampton)
Alex Haydock-Wilson (Benke Blomkvist, Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow)
Ben Higgins (Stewart Marshall, Sheffield & Dearne)
Samuel Reardon (Nigel Stickings, Blackheath and Bromley)
Thomas Somers (Newham and Essex Beagles)
James Williams (Paul Waters, Liverpool)
