News08 Aug 2007


UK team for Osaka announced

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Craig Pickering's breakthrough continues at the UK Championships in Sheffield (© Getty Images)

A total of 55 athletes have been included in the Great Britain & Northern Ireland team for the forthcoming 11th IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan following a second wave of selections made by UK Athletics.

Dave Collins, UK Athletics Performance Director said: “We have selected athletes with the capability to achieve podium or top 8 positions in relays and/or individual events, together with extending the opportunity for developing athletes to learn from the experience leading towards eventual podium success.”

GBR Team
 
Men
 
100m                                       
Marlon Devonish (Coventry Godiva)
Mark Lewis-Francis (Birchfield Harriers)
Craig Pickering (Marshall Milton Keynes)
Travelling reserve: Tyrone Edgar (Newham & Essex)
 
400m                                       
Tim Benjamin (Cardiff AC)
Martyn Rooney (Croydon Harriers)
Andrew Steele (Trafford AC)
Travelling reserve: Robert Tobin (Basingstoke & Mid Hants)                       

800m                                      
Michael Rimmer (Liverpool Pembroke  & Sefton)
 
1500m                                     
Andy Baddeley (Harrow)
 
5000m                                     
Mo Farah (Newham & Essex)
 
Marathon & World Cup               
Peter Riley (Leigh Harriers)
Daniel Robinson (Stroud & District AC)
 
3000m s/chase                         
Andrew Lemoncello (Fife AC)
 
110h                                        
Andy Turner (Sale Harriers Manchester)
 
400h                                        
Dale Garland (Channel Islands)
Travelling reserve: David Greene (Swansea Harriers)*
 
High Jump                                
Martyn Bernard (Wakefield Harriers)
Germaine Mason (Unattached)
Tom Parsons (Birchfield Harriers)
 
Pole Vault                                 
Steve Lewis (Newham & Essex)
 
Long Jump                                
Greg Rutherford (Marshall Milton Keynes)
Chris Tomlinson (Newham & Essex)
 
Triple Jump                               
Phillips Idowu (Belgrave Harriers)
 
4 x 100m                                  
Marlon Devonish (Coventry Godiva)
Tyrone Edgar (Newham & Essex)
Dwayne Grant (Blackheath & Bromley)*
Mark Lewis-Francis (Birchfield Harriers)
Christian Malcolm (Cardiff AC)*
Craig Pickering (Marshall Milton Keynes)
 
4 x 400m                                  
Tim Benjamin (Cardiff AAC)
Richard Buck (City of York)
David Greene (Swansea Harriers)*
Martyn Rooney (Croydon Harriers)
Andrew Steele (Trafford AC)
Robert Tobin ( Basingstoke & Mid Hants)
                                             
 
Women
 
100m                                       
Montell Douglas (Blackheath & Bromley)                      
Laura Turner (Harrow)
Travelling reserve: Jeanette Kwakye (Woodford Green & Essex L)
 
200m                                       
Joice Maduaka (Woodford Green & Essex Ladies)
Jeanette Kwakye (Woodford Green & Essex Ladies)
Travelling reserve: Emily Freeman (Wakefield Harriers)
 
400m                                       
Lee McConnell (Shaftesbury Barnet)
Christine Ohuruogu (Newham & Essex)
Nicola Sanders (Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow)
                                               
800m                                       
Marilyn Okoro (Shaftesbury Barnet)
Rebecca Lyne (Hallamshire Harriers)
Jemma Simpson (Newquay & Par)
Travelling reserve: Jenny Meadows (Wigan & District)
 
1500m                                     
Lisa Dobriskey (Ashford AC)
Abby Westley (Loughborough Students)
 
5000m                                     
Jo Pavey (Exeter Harriers)
 
10,000m                                  
Jo Pavey (Exeter Harriers)
 
Marathon & World Cup              
Tracey Morris (Valley Striders)
Mara Yamauchi (Harrow)
 
3000m s/chase                       
Helen Clitheroe (Preston Harriers)
Hatti Dean (Hallamshire Harriers)
 
400h                                       
Tasha Danvers-Smith (Shaftesbury Barnet)
 
Pole Vault                                
Kate Dennison (Sale Harriers Manchester)
 
Javelin                                    
Goldie Sayers (Belgrave Harriers)
 
Heptathlon                               
Jessica Ennis (Sheffield AC)
Kelly Sotherton (Birchfield Harriers)
 
20km walk                               
Joanna Jackson (Redcar RC)
 
4 x 100m                                 
Montell Douglas (Blackheath & Bromley)
Emily Freeman (Wakefield Harriers)
Jeanette Kwakye (Woodford Green & Essex Ladies)
Joice Maduaka (Woodford Green & Essex Ladies)
Aniyika Onuora (Liverpool Harriers)                                      
Laura Turner (Harrow)
 
4 x 400m                                 
Vicky Barr (Rugby & Northampton)
Donna Fraser (Croydon Harriers)
Lee McConnell (Shaftesbury Barnet)
Jenny Meadows (Wigan & District)
Christine Ohuruogu (Newham & Essex)
Nicola Sanders (Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow)
  
* Subject to form and fitness

 

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