Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Keely Hodgkinson and Zharnel Hughes have been named within the Nice Britain and Northern Eire group for the European Championships, which begins in simply over every week’s time in Rome.
The occasion takes place on the eve of the Olympic Video games however European titles nonetheless imply loads judging by the power of the squad. The occasion additionally acts as an excellent tune-up competitors for athletes forward of the Paris Video games.
World champion Johnson-Thompson shall be attempting to win her first European out of doors crown. Hughes is the defending European 200m champion however has opted to give attention to the 100m.
Hodgkinson and Matthew Hudson-Smith can even be defending their European titles in Rome within the 800m and 400m respectively.
Zharnel Hughes (Getty)
Laura Muir just isn’t defending her 1500m title, although. Equally, Josh Kerr and Jake Wightman are usually not within the group for Rome.
There are a couple of small surprises, too. Daryll Neita is doing the 100m and 200m double however Dina Asher-Smith runs simply the 100m, plus each will race the relay after all.
There may be, nonetheless, no ladies’s 4x400m group in any respect.
Eilish McColgan makes a welcome championship return after an injury-hit 2023 within the 10,000m alongside in-form Megan Keith and GB stalwart Jess Warner-Judd.
Milers Elliot Giles and George Mills have gone in several instructions, too, with Giles dropping to 800m and Mills testing his power at 5000m.
Jemma Reekie is racing 1500m as a substitute of 800m. With no marathon in Rome, there’s a half-marathon as a substitute with Calli Hauger-Thackery main ladies’s group however no British males are competing within the occasion.
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There shall be massive medal hopes within the ladies’s pole vault too with Olympic bronze medallist Holly Bradshaw becoming a member of world indoor champion Molly Caudery.
The 400m seems to be like a mouth-watering occasion as properly with Hudson-Smith joined by in-form Charlie Dobson.
Head coach Paula Dunn stated: “It’s an extremely sturdy group with a excessive variety of athletes feeling that Rome will type an vital a part of their preparations for Paris. For some athletes, successful a medal in Rome would be the excellent preparation for the Olympics, for others competing right here will present a benchmark as to the place they’re realizing that their peak efficiency wants to come back firstly of August.
“There may be additionally mix of athletes who can use this championship to step up and gasoline their goals of qualifying for Paris and on to Tokyo World Championships in 2025.”
Matt Hudson-Smith (Getty)
Girls
100m: Dina Asher-Smith; Imani-Lara Lansiquot; Daryll Neita; 200m: Neita. 400m: Laviai Nielsen; Victoria Ohuruogu. 800m: Alex Bell; Keely Hodgkinson; Erin Wallace. 1500m: Georgia Bell; Jemma Reekie; Katie Snowden. 5000m: Izzy Fry; Amy-Eloise Neale; Hannah Nuttall. 10,000m: Megan Keith; Eilish McColgan; Jessica Warner-Judd. 100m hurdles: Cindy Sember. 400m hurdles: Jessie Knight; Lina Nielsen. 3000m steeplechase: Lizzie Chicken. Pole Vault: Holly Bradshaw; Molly Caudery. Excessive Soar: Morgan Lake. Hammer: Charlotte Payne; Anna Buy. Heptathlon: Katarina Johnson-Thompson; Jade O’Dowda (topic to rankings eligibility). 4x100m: Asher-Smith; Desiree Henry; Amy Hunt; Lansiquot; Neita; Asha Phillip. Blended 4x400m: (Along with athletes chosen for males’s 4x400m): Hannah Kelly; Emily Newnham. Half Marathon: Abbie Donnelly; Clara Evans; Calli Hauger-Thackery; Lauren McNeil
Keely Hodgkinson (Getty)
Males
100m: Jeremiah Azu; Romell Glave; Zharnel Hughes. 200m: Jona Efoloko; Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake; Jeriel Quainoo. 400m: Charlie Dobson; Alex Haydock-Wilson; Matthew Hudson-Smith. 800m: Callum Dodds; Elliot Giles; Thomas Randolph. 1500m: Adam Fogg; Neil Gourley. 5000m: George Mills; Jack Rowe; James West. 10,000m: Patrick Dever; Rory Leonard; Zak Mahamed. 20km stroll: Callum Wilkinson. 110m hurdles: Andrew Pozzi; Tade Ojora. 400m hurdles: Alastair Chalmers. 3000m steeplechase: Mark Pearce; Zak Seddon. Lengthy Soar: Jacob Fincham-Dukes. Discus: Lawrence Okoye. Hammer: Jake Norris. Shot Put: Scott Lincoln. 4x100m: Jeremiah Azu; Jona Efoloko; Romell Glave; Zharnel Hughes; Richard Kilty; Jeriel Quainoo. 4x400m: Charlie Carvell; Lewis Davey; Toby Harries; Haydock-Wilson; Michael Ohioze
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