UK Athletics has announced a team of 61 athletes in the first wave of selections for the Norwich Union Great Britain and Northern Ireland team to compete at the European Championships in Gothenburg on 7-13 August.
Dave Collins, Performance Director of UK Athletics said:
“The ability to combine developing athletes alongside elite in the selection process has given selectors the means to achieve three objectives; to win medals, to use as a development opportunity for those with perhaps half an eye on Beijing, and finally to give some athletes a final opportunity to prove they are capable of performing and effectively give them one more chance.
“In addition there are quite a few athletes selected who are not currently in receipt of World Class funding, for them this is a massive opportunity to show what they can do - one which will not present itself again for another few years.”
Following his sprint double this weekend, Marlon Devonish (Coventry Godiva) has opted to concentrate on his specialist 200m event leaving the way open in the 100m, whilst additional places in the team including sprint and relay spots will be settled in the final selection meeting following the Norwich Union London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace on July 28.
Norwich Union Great Britain & Northern Ireland Team
Men:
100m
Tyrone Edgar (Woodford Green with Essex Ladies)
Mark Lewis-Francis (Birchfield Harriers)
200m
Marlon Devonish (Coventry Godiva)
Christian Malcolm (Cardiff AAC) *
400m
Tim Benjamin (Belgrave Harriers)
Graham Hedman (Woodford Green with Essex Ladies)
Robert Tobin (Basingstoke & Mid Hants)
800m
Sam Ellis (Barnsley AC)
Michael Rimmer (Liverpool, Pembroke & Sefton Harriers AC)
1500m
Andrew Baddeley (Harrow AC)
Stephen Davies (Newport)
5000m
Mohamed Farah (Newham & Essex Beagles)
Nick McCormick (Morpeth Harriers)
Chris Thompson (Aldershot Farnham & District)
Marathon
Thomas Abyu (Salford Harriers)
Huw Lobb (Bedford AC)
Peter Riley (Leigh AC)
Dan Robinson (Stroud AC)
3000m SC
Adam Bowden (Harrow AC)
Jermaine Mays (Kent)
110mH
William Sharman (Belgrave Harriers)
Andrew Turner (Sale Harriers)
400mH
David Greene (Swansea Harriers)
Rhys Williams (Cardiff AAC)
4x400m Relay
Tim Benjamin (Belgrave Harriers)
Graham Hedman (Woodford Green with Essex Ladies)
Robert Tobin (Basingstoke & Mid Hants)
High Jump
Martyn Bernard (Unattached)
Germaine Mason (Birchfield Harriers)
Long Jump
Nathan Morgan (Birchfield Harriers)
Greg Rutherford (Marshall Milton Keynes)
Chris Tomlinson (Newham & Essex Beagles)
Triple Jump
Nathan Douglas (Oxford City)
Philips Idowu (Belgrave Harriers)
Shot
Carl Myerscough (Blackpool & Fylde)
Javelin
Michael Allen (Trafford AC)
Nick Nieland (Shaftesbury Barnet)
Decathlon
Dean Macey (Harrow AC)
Women
100m
Joice Maduaka (Woodford Green with Essex Ladies)
Anyika Onuora (Liverpool Harriers)
400m
Christine Ohuruogu (Newham & Essex Beagles)*
Nicola Sanders (Windsor, Slough Eton & Hounslow)
800m
Becky Lyne (Hallamshire Harriers)
Jemma Simpson (Newquay & Par AC)
1500m
Lisa Dobriskey (Ashford AC)
5000m
Jo Pavey (Exeter)
Hayley Yelling (Windsor, Slough Eton & Hounslow)
10000m
Kathy Butler (Windsor, Slough Eton & Hounslow)
Mara Yamauchi (Harrow AC)
Hayley Yelling (Windsor, Slough Eton & Hounslow)
Marathon
Tracey Morris (Valley Striders)
3000m SC
Hattie Dean (Hallamshire Harriers)
100mH
Gemma Bennett (Newham & Essex Beagles)
Sarah Claxton (Woodford Green with Essex Ladies)
Sara McGreavy (Sale Harriers)
400mH
Natasha Danvers Smith (Shaftesbury Barnet)
Lee McConnell (Shaftesbury Barnet)
Emma Duck (Team Southampton)
4x400m Relay
Nicola Sanders (Windsor, Slough Eton & Hounslow)
Christine Ohuruogu (Newham & Essex Beagles)*
Lee McConnell (Shaftesbury Barnet)
Pole Vault
Kate Dennison (Sale Harriers)
Ellie Spain (Shaftesbury Barnet)
Long Jump
Kelly Sotherton (Birchfield Harriers)
Discus
Claire Smithson (Brighton & Hove AC)
Hammer
Zoe Derham (Birchfield Harriers)
Shirley Webb (Trafford AC)
Javelin
Goldie Sayers (Belgrave Harriers)
Heptahlon
Jessica Ennis (Sheffield)
Kelly Sotherton (Birchfield Harriers)
* subject to fitness
