GB Staff for the European Indoor Athletics Championships
Nice Britain has chosen a crew of 44 athletes (23 Males and 21 ladies) for the European Indoor Athletics Championships within the Netherlands from 6-9 March. In 2023 in Istanbul, there have been gold medals for Keely Hodgkinson, Laura Muir, and Jazmin Sawyers, and 6 medals in 2019 and 2021. GB received 12 greater than every other nation.
Nevertheless, in the event you take a look at the final three European gold medalists, two, Keely Hodgkinson and Jazmin Sawyers, have retired, and Laura Muir and Katarina Johnson-Thompson have opted to not search choice. Of our medalists on the World Indoors final 12 months, Molly Caudery is competing, however Josh Kerr and Jemma Reekie have determined to not. Jemma informed me that it’s also difficult to peak in February in the event you purpose to peak for the World Outside in mid-September.
The GB crew, listed with, with title, coach, and membership, is:
Ladies
60m
Pleasure Eze (Michael Donnelly, Gateshead)
Amy Hunt (Marco Airale, Charnwood)
Bianca Williams (Linford Christie, Thames Valley)
400m:
Amber Anning (Chris Johnson, Brighton & Hove)
Poppy Malik (Grant Barker, Harrow)
Ama Pipi (Tony Lester, Enfield & Haringey)
800m
Isabelle Boffey (Luke Gunn, Enfield & Haringey)
Grace Vans Agnew (Jon Bigg, Brighton Phoenix)
Erin Wallace (Trevor Painter, Giffnock North)
1500m
Georgia Hunter-Bell (Trevor Painter, Belgrave)
Ava Lloyd (Trevor Painter, Wigan & District)
Revee Walcott-Nolan (Thomas Dreissigacker, Luton)
3000m
Melissa Courtney-Bryant (Rob Denmark, Poole AC)
Innes FitzGerald (Gavin Pavey, Exeter)
Hannah Nuttall (Helen Clitheroe, Charnwood)
Lengthy Soar
Alice Hopkins (Linford Christie, Oxford Metropolis)
Excessive Soar
Morgan Lake (Yannick Tregaro, Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow)
Shot Put
Serena Vincent (Mike Winch, Metropolis of Portsmouth)
Pentathlon
Jade O’Dowda (John Lane, Newham & Essex Beagles)
4x400m Relay
Amber Anning (Chris Johnson, Brighton & Hove)
Hannah Kelly (Les Corridor, Bolton)
Poppy Malik (Grant Barker, Harrow)
Emily Newnham (Nick Dakin, Shaftesbury Barnet)
Lina Nielsen (Tony Lester, Shaftesbury Barnet)
Ama Pipi (Tony Lester, Enfield & Haringey)
Males
60m
Jeremiah Azu (Helen James, Cardiff)
Romell Glave (Michael Afilaka, Croydon)
John Otugade (Tom McNab, Shaftesbury Barnet)
400m
Alex Haydock-Wilson (Dai Greene, Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow)
Efekemo Okoro (Felip Siqueria, Birchfield Harriers)
800m
Justin Davies (Martin Rush, Staff Tub)
Jack Higgins (Mark Hookway, Tonbridge)
Thomas Randolph (Craig Winrow, Tamworth)
1500m
Elliot Giles (Jon Bigg, Birchfield Harriers)
Neil Gourley (Stephen Haas, Giffnock North)
Thomas Eager (Mark Vile, Cambridge & Coleridge)
3000m
Adam Fogg (Cory Leslie, Coventry)
George Mills (Thomas Dreissigacker, Brighton Phoenix)
James West (Helen Clitheroe, Tonbridge)
60m Hurdles
Daniel Goriola (Tony Jarrett, Blackheath & Bromley)
Triple Soar
Efe Uwaifo (Daniel Hooker, Harrow)
Shot Put
Scott Lincoln (Paul Wilson, Metropolis of York)
4x400m Relay
Alastair Chalmers (Matt Elias, Guernsey)
Seamus Derbyshire (Alex O’Gorman, Metropolis of Stoke)
Josh Faulds (James Wright, Rugby & Northampton)
Alex Haydock-Wilson (Dai Greene, Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow)
Efekemo Okoro (Felipe Siqueria, Birchfield Harriers)
Lee Thompson (John Henson, Sheffield & Dearne)
4x400m Combined Relay
Comprised of current relay picks
Paula Dunn, Head Coach at UKA, mentioned:
“Traditionally, this has been a championship during which the Nice Britain and Northern Eire groups have thrived, however it has additionally been a vital means for athletes to step into the most important championship area for the primary time. As we start the LA Olympic and Paralympic cycle, it’s nice to see a crew combining World and Olympic medallists alongside a number of creating athletes making their GB & NI debut. I sit up for the squad rising to the problem, attaining PBs, reaching finals, and battling for medals in Apeldoorn.”
The selectors added the next footnotes to the crew:
*Laura Muir has requested to not be chosen for the upcoming championships. Throughout the latter phases of the trial race over the weekend, she sustained an harm to her calf and won’t be competing once more this indoor season.
**Lengthy jumper Jacob Fincham-Dukes picked up an harm on the UK Athletics Indoors Championships and won’t be participating within the European Indoor Championships.
***Lina Nielsen has chosen solely to take part within the 400m relay crew.
There may be additionally the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, which can happen from 21 to 23 March. The crew for that occasion will likely be chosen after the Europeans.
***Molly Caudery, who was initially chosen, has now
withdrawn from the European Athletics Indoor championships to handle an
ongoing calf harm and is now focussed on competing within the World
Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing.
