40 athletes selected to represent the British team at the 2021 European Cross-Country Championships

A full team has been selected to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland at this month’s (December 12) European Cross-Country Championships in Fingal-Dublin, Ireland.

Trials winners Jess Judd and Jack Rowe lead the senior women’s and men’s teams respectively, while the senior mixed relay team includes Olympic 800m finalist Alex Bell who won the women’s short course race at Sefton Park on Saturday.

40,000+ reasons why the London Athletics Meet is the hottest ticket in town

With just over a month until the London Athletics Meeting on Sunday 23 July, more than 40,000 tickets have been sold making it the biggest athletics fixture since the World Athletics Championships London 2017. The tenth stop of the Wanda Diamond League series will see the event return to the London Stadium for the first time since 2019 and the best athletes in the world are lining up to compete in the series’ most prestigious fixture.

40-strong GB & NI team Brussels-bound for the 2023 European Cross Country Championships

Great Britain and Northern Ireland will once again send full teams to the European Cross Country Championships which take place in Brussels, Belgium on Sunday 10 December.

42 athletes offered membership to British Athletics Paralympic WCP

42 athletes have been offered membership to join the British Athletics Paralympic World Class Programme (WCP) for 2021/22. The WCP is UK Sport’s National Lottery funded initiative supporting the delivery of success at named milestone targets, namely outdoor track World and European championships, and the Paralympic Games.

The WCP is split into several levels reflecting the actual and potential performance levels of athletes: Podium, Podium Potential and Confirmation. Paralympic T20 400m bronze medallist, Columba Blango, is offered Podium membership for the first time, while Tokyo champion in the T20 1500, Owen Miller moves up to the same level from Podium Potential.

47 Athletes Selected for British Team for the World Para Athletics European Championships

Ten reigning European champions are among the 47 athletes selected to compete for Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland between June 1-5. 

Aled Davies, Sophie Hahn, Maria Lyle and Richard Whitehead are among those set to compete at the Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium. Six-time European champion Aled Davies will be seeking his fourth consecutive F63 shot-put title as the 2016 Paralympic gold medallist prepares for his title defence in Tokyo this summer.

Double world champion Maria Lyle will compete in the T35 100m and 200m in Poland. The 21-year-old has won six European titles during her career to date and will be seeking to add further silverware to her collection at the 2021 edition. Grand-slam champion in the T38 100m Sophie Hahn will defend her title in Bydgoszcz, while Thomas Young will look to match that achievement in the men’s equivalent.

Reigning individual European champions Dan Greaves [F64 discus], Harri Jenkins [T33 100m], Vanessa Wallace [F34 shot put] and Richard Whitehead [T61 200m] are selected, whilst 2018 universal 4x100m relay gold medallists Nathan Maguire and Zac Shaw have also been called up. Four-time European champion Georgie Hermitage returns to the British team having retired from the sport in early 2020.

However, following the birth of her second child last year, the Paralympic and world champion returned to training, running her first race since 2018 last weekend and has been selected for the T37 400m in Poland. Three British athletes will compete 100m RaceRunning events including world champion Kayleigh Haggo, who broke the RR2 400m world record at the weekend.

World silver medallist Ellie Simpson has also been selected for the women’s RR3 100m. In the men’s equivalent, Dubai 2019 world silver medallist Rafi Solaiman leads the entries.

Eight athletes on the British Athletics Paralympic Futures Academy and two Paralympic Development Academy athletes have been selected including T54 athletes Daniel Sidbury and Mel Woods. 

The British Athletics Paralympic Performance Pathway aims to identify, develop, prepare and support potential Paralympians towards World Class level. These ten athletes on the 2021 cohort join a number of graduates of the programme on the team for Bydgoszcz, including European medallists Thomas Young and Ali Smith.

Paula Dunn MBE, the Para Athletics Head Coach said: “The World Para Athletics European Championships provide a great opportunity for our athletes to compete at a high level in a very important year.

“It is a fantastic competition opportunity for those athletes who are building up to Tokyo, as well as providing a platform for our Paralympic Futures Academy and Development Academy athletes who are on the pathway for Paris and Los Angeles. Due to challenging circumstances at this current time, and consistent with British Athletics’ approach this season, all athletes were given the option to opt-in or opt-out of the Championships.

“The Paralympic Games is ultimately the main focus this year, so while many athletes have targeted Bydgoszcz as a key event in their plan for the year, others have decided to focus on other competitions as part of their preparation for Tokyo. We are supporting all athletes and coaches to achieve what they feel is the best preparation possible for the Paralympic Games later this summer.”

The British team for the World Para Athletics European Championships, Bydgoszcz, Poland on 1-5 June:

Women:Fabienne André, Olivia Breen, Lydia Church, Libby Clegg [Guide runner – Chris Clarke] – T11 200m and 4x100m Universal Relay, Kayleigh Haggo (John Owens; Ayr Seaforth) – RR3 100m, Sophie Hahn – T38 100m and 4x100m Universal Relay, Georgie Hermitage – T37 400m, Sophie Kamlish – T64 100m and 4x100m Universal Relay,Maria Lyle – T35 100m and 200m,Polly Maton – T47 Long Jump and 100m,Anna Nicholson – F35 Shot Put,Ellie Simpson – RR3 100m,Ali Smith – T38 100m, 400m and 4x100m Universal Relay,Stef Reid – T64 Long Jump,Emily Stewart – F38 Discus,Hannah Taunton – T20 1500m,Vanessa Wallace – F34 Shot Put and Mel Woods – T54 100m, 400m, 800m and 1500m.

Men:Ola Abidogun – T47 100m and 4x100m Universal Relay,Jonathan Adams – F35 Shot Put,Columba Blango - T20 400m,John Bridge – T47 400m,Jonathan Broom-Edwards – T64 High Jump,Shaun Burrows – T38 400m,Richard Chiassaro – T54 400m and 800m,Barney Corrall – T38 Long Jump,Aled Davies - F63 Shot Put,Kyron Duke – F41 Shot Put

James Freeman – T33 100m, Dan Greaves – F64 Discus, Harri Jenkins – T33 100m, Rhys Jones - T37 100m and 200m, Nathan Maguire – T54 100m, 400m, 800m and 4x100m Universal Relay, Stephen Miller – F32 Club Throw, Luke Nuttall – T46 1500m, Javaughn Parkes – T36 100m, Ross Paterson – T38 100m and 400m, Dan Pembroke – F13, Javelin Zac Shaw – T12 100m and 4x100m Universal Relay, Daniel Sidbury – T54 400m, 800m, 1500m and 5000m, Luke Sinnott – T63 Long Jump, Zak Skinner - T13 Long Jump and 100m, Rafi Solaiman – RR3 100m, Alexander Thomson – T38 100m and 400m, Harrison Walsh – F64 Discus Throw, Richard Whitehead – T61 200m and Thomas Young – T38 100m and 4x100m Universal Relay.

54-strong team selected for the European Under 23 Championships

54 athletes have been named in a strong team for the European Under 23 Championships taking place between the 8-11 July in Tallinn, Estonia.

Five athletes ranked in the top three of the 2021 European U23 rankings have been selected, while one reigning champion returns to the fold at the Championships.

Currently second in the European U23 rankings in the women’s 100m, Kristal Awuah will line up for the British team in the short sprint and 4x100m relay.

Erin Wallace, who is third in the European U23 1500m rankings, won silver in the event at the Müller British Athletics Championships at the weekend. She is in good form with a PB of 4:08.10 earlier this month at the BMC Grand Prix in Watford.

Eleanor Bolton [women’s 10,000m], George Mills [men’s 1500m] and Tom Mortimer [men’s 5000m] are all ranked third in Europe in their respective events this year.

Looking to retain his European U23 200m title will be Shemar Boldizsar. He was victorious at the trials at the England Athletics U23 Championships recently to guarantee his spot on the team. Jona Efoloko joins Boldizsar in the 200m field.

The men’s 400m hurdles see the gold and silver medallists from the Müller British Athletics Championships, Alastair Chalmers and Alex Knibbs in the team. The former retained his title while Knibbs continued his impressive early season form in second place following a personal best of 49.82 earlier this month in Belgium. 

The women’s field events see two British champions taking their spots on the team. Bekah Walton in the javelin and Tara Simpson-Sullivan in the hammer throw. Walton threw a PB of 54.03m to be crowned champion at the weekend. Meanwhile British number one Simpson-Sullivan, who improved her personal best to 68.91m in April, is also ranked fourth in the European U23 ranking this year.

Michael Afilaka, Team Leader, said: “I am very pleased that we have been able to select such a strong team to go to Tallinn. There were some impressive performances from the athletes at the age-group Championships in Bedford and the British Championships this weekend which sets us up well for the Europeans. The team has a good mix of experience and developing talent and I am looking forward to some great competition out in Tallinn.”

 

The British team for the European U23 Championships:

 

Women

 

100m

Kristal Awuah (Matthew Thomas, Herne Hill)

Alisha Rees (Leon Baptiste, Edinburgh AC)

 

200m

Georgina Adam (Joe McDonnell, Loughborough Students)

Amber Anning (Brighton & Hove)

Kiah Dubarry-Gay (Clarence Callender, Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets)

 

400m

Yasmin Liverpool (Stewart Marshall, Coventry)

 

800m

Izzy Boffey (Luke Gunn, Enfield & Haringey)

Khahsia Mhlanga (Mick Judd, Herts Phoenix)

 

1500m

Erin Wallace (Andy Young, Giffnock North)

 

5000m

Eleanor Bolton (Ribble Valley Harriers)

Izzy Fry (Mick Woods, Newbury)

 

10000m

Eleanor Bolton (Ribble Valley Harriers)

 

100m Hurdles

Jenna Blundell (Toni Minichiello, Bristol & West)

Anastasia Dawes (John Blackie, Blackheath & Bromley)

 

400m Hurdles

Zoe Pollock (Nick Dakin, Oxford City)

 

3000m Steeplechase

Sarah Tait (Linda Smith, Lasswade)

Elise Thorner (Wells City)

 

Pole Vault

Molly Caudrey (Stuart Caudery, Thames Valley)

 

Long Jump

Lucy Hadaway (Matt Barton, City of York)

 

Javelin

Bekah Walton (David Turner, Blackheath & Bromley)

 

Hammer

Anna Purchase (Rob Careless, Notts)

Tara Simpson-Sullivan (Robert Halliwell, Wigan & District)

 

Heptathlon

Holly Mills (Laura Turner-Alleyne, Andover)

Jade O’Dowda (Toni Minichiello, Newham & Essex Beagles)

Jodie Smith (Laura Turner-Alleyne, Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow)

 

4 x 100m Relay

Georgina Adam (Joe McDonnell, Loughborough Students)

Kristal Awuah (Matthew Thomas, Herne Hill)

Ellie Booker (Lewis Samuel, Rotherham)

Kiah Dubarry-Gay (Clarence Callender, Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets)

Cassie-Ann Pemberton (Sharon Morris, Birchfield Harriers)

Alisha Rees (Leon Baptiste, Edinburgh AC)

 

4x 400m Relay

Amber Anning (Brighton & Hove)

Izzy Boffey (Luke Gunn, Enfield & Haringey)

Hannah Kelly (Les Hall, Bolton)

Yasmin Liverpool (Stewart Marshall, Coventry)

Zoe Pollock (Nick Dakin, Oxford City)

 

Men

100m

 

Dominic Ashwell (Marvin Rowe, Shaftesbury Barnet)

Jeremiah Azu (Helen Patricia James, Cardiff)

Brandon Mingeli (Ryan Freckleton, Cambridge Harriers)

 

200m

Shemar Boldizsar (Stephen David Loft, Harlow)

Jona Efoloko (Clarence Callender, Sale Harriers Manchester)

 

400m

Joe Brier (Matt Elias, Swansea)

Alex Haydock-Wilson (Michael Baker, Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow)

 

800m

Finlay McLear (Exeter)

Ben Pattison (Dave Ragan, Basingstoke and Mid Hants)

Thomas Randolph (Craig Winnow, Tamworth)

 

1500m

Tiarnan Crorken (Andy Bibby, Preston)

Josh Lay (Anthony Love, Rugby & Northampton)

George Mills (Jon Bigg, Brighton Phoenix)

 

5000m

Issac Akers (Bill Boyd, Crosby)

Rory Leonard (Morpeth)

Tom Mortimer (Christopher Brown, Stroud)

 

10,000m

David Melville (Harvard Uni)

 

110m Hurdles

Tade Ojora (Caryl Smith-Gilbert, Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow)

Josh Zeller (Adrian Brown, Bracknell AC)

 

400m Hurdles

Alastair Chalmers (Matt Elias, Guernsey)

Alex Knibbs (Nick Dakin, Amber Valley & Erewash)

 

High Jump

Joel Khan (Deidre Elmhurst, Worcester)

 

Hammer

Ben Hawkes (Adrian Palmer, Cardiff)

 

4 x 100m Relay

Dominic Ashwell (Marvin Rowe, Shaftesbury Barnet)

Jeremiah Azu (Helen Patricia James, Cardiff)

Shemar Boldizsar (Stephen David Loft, Harlow)

Jona Efoloko (Clarence Callender, Sale Harriers Manchester)

Brandon Mingeli (Ryan Freckleton, Cambridge Harriers)

Destiny Ogali (Winston Thomas, Dacorum & Tring)

 

4 x 400m Relay

Joe Brier (Matt Elias, Swansea)

Alex Haydock-Wilson (Michael Baker, Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow)

Alex Knibbs (Nick Dakin, Amber Valley & Erewash)

Alastair Chalmers (Matt Elias, Guernsey)

Lewis Davey (Newham & Essex Beagles)

Ethan Brown (Bromley & Blackheath)

Aidan Leeson (Glyn Hawkes, Rugby & Northampton)

62 athletes offered membership to the 2021 British Athletics Olympic and Paralympic Futures Academy programme

British Athletics has announced the 62 athletes who have been offered membership to the Olympic and Paralympic Futures Academy programmes for 2021, which is supported by Nike, the Official Partner of the Futures Academy Programme.

Due to the challenging circumstances brought by the Covid-19 pandemic this year, and the impact this has had on our athletes, British Athletics has retained all athletes from the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Futures Academy Programme for the year ahead.

There are ten additions to Olympic Futures Academy Programme including two athletes who moved up the UK all-time age-group rankings this year; hammer thrower Charlotte Payne and endurance athlete Jake Smith.

Smith lowered the British U23 Half Marathon record in phenomenal style at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia, Poland, in October. His time of 60:31 also saw him move to third on the UK all-time list behind Sir Mo Farah and Callum Hawkins. 

Payne won silver in the women’s hammer with a mark of 63.92 metres at the Müller British Athletics Championships in Manchester back in September, moving to second in the UK all-time U20 rankings behind Sophie Hitchon.

Other additions to the Programme include; 2020 British 1500m champion (indoors and outdoors), George Mills, Kelechi Aguocha, Piers Copeland, Daniel Falode, Thomas Keen, Khahisa Mhlanga, Joshua Lay and Jodie Smith.

Selections for the Futures Relay Programme will be made next year.

Among those retained on the Programme include British Athletics Indoor Championships 60m champion, Amy Hunt, British 800m champion, Keely Hodgkinson, and Max Burgin, who lowered his 800m PB to 1:44.75 this season.

There are also six additions to the Paralympic Futures Academy Programme including 2019 World Para Athletics Junior Championships T20 400m bronze medallist, Ethan Kirby.

Kirby lowered his 400m to 51.87 during a challenging 2020 season, achieving the time in Yeovil in September.

The other five athletes include Melanie Woods who competed at the Müller British Athletics Championships in the women’s 400m wheelchair race in September, placing third overall. Victoria Baskett, Columba Blango, Jade Smith, Kirsty Soutar and Owen Williams complete the new additions to the Programme.

Among those retained include European T38 400m silver medallist, Ross Paterson and World Para Athletics Junior Championships double silver medallist, Kirsty Taylor.

Olympic Futures Academy

Amber Anning **

Jeremiah Azu

Kelechi Aguocha

Sam Bennett

Isabelle Boffey

Shemar Boldizsar

Alex Botterill

Max Burgin

Lewis Byng

Molly Caudery

Alastair Chalmers

Piers Copeland

Charlie Dobson

Oliver Dustin

Jona Efoloko

Daniel Falode

Cameron Fillery

Lucy Hadaway

Keely Hodgkinson

Amy Hunt

Thomas Keen

Joshua Lay

Lucy-Jane Matthews

Khahisa Mhlanga

George Mills

Holly Mills

Jake Norris **

Jade O’Dowda

Dominic Ogbechie

Divine Olapido **

Ben Pattison

Charlotte Payne

Jake Smith

Jodie Smith

James Tomlinson

Serena Vincent

Erin Wallace

Joshua Zeller **

Paralympic Futures Academy:

 

Fabienne André

Hetti Bartlett

Victoria Baskett

Columba Blango

John Bridge

Lydia Church *

Ed Clifton

James Freeman

Bethan Griffiths

Bulbul Hussain

Ethan Kirby

Owen Miller *

India Oates

Emmanuel Oyinbo-Coker

Ross Paterson

Jade Smith

Kirsty Soutar

Steven Stone

Danny Sidbury

Kirsty Taylor

Alexander Thomson

Harrison Walsh *

Owen Williams

Melanie Woods

* Athletes marked with an asterisk are on both the Paralympic Futures and World Class Programme.

They can be fast-tracked onto the WCP but are far less experienced in other aspects of sport. It is therefore compulsory for the athletes to go through the Futures Programme for the education and experience to ensure they are better prepared for international competition.

**Athletes marked with a double asterisk are part of the NCAA and will be accessing a reduced programme due to regulations.

The programme will develop relationships with their coaches and provide support when back in the UK in preparation for major championships.

67 Athletes Offered Membership to British Athletics Olympic WCP

A group of 67 athletes have been offered membership to join the British Athletics Olympic World Class Programme (WCP) for 2021/22.

The WCP is UK Sport’s National Lottery funded initiative supporting the delivery of success at named milestone targets, namely outdoor track World and European Championships and Olympics Games.

80th birthday surprise for life-long Bear and cricket writer Terry

Warwickshire sprung a surprise on a lifelong Bears fan and esteemed cricket writer by presenting him with a special signed shirt to mark his 80th birthday.

85-year-old woman becomes a Wimbledon championship

An 85-year-old woman has encouraged older people to stay active after winning the British Seniors Closed Court Championships at Wimbledon.

A 'Magical' night for women's football sees crowd record broken at Nou Camp

Barcelona captain Alexia Putellas described playing in front of a record-breaking crowd of 91,553 fans at the Nou Camp as; "Magical."It was the team's first appearance in front of supporters at the iconic stadium and the occasion did not disappoint.

The players produced a sensational display to thrash rivals Real Madrid 5-2 and reach the Champions League semi-finals, but all eyes were on the crowd, and whether it could surpass 60,739 and set a new record attendance for a women's club game.

A British team of 12 selected for the European Throwing Cup

UK Athletics has today announced the team which will represent the country at the European Throwing Cup in Leiria, Portugal on 12-13 March 2022. 12 athletes will head to the annual European Athletics event as several athletes’ target qualification marks for this summer’s World and European Championships.

Katie Head has been one of the in-form throwers in the country so far this season, achieving a mark of 69.72m twice which moved her to second on the UK all-time list behind Olympic medallist, Sophie Hitchon.

A further 43 athletes added to the British team for the European Athletics U20 Championships

A further 43 athletes have been added to the British team for the European Athletics U20 Championships which will take place in Tallinn, Estonia between the 15-18 July, adding to the 22 athletes selected last month, bringing the team total size to 65.

Among them are Charlie Carvell and Brodie Young who will join Edward Faulds in the men’s 400m. Faulds won the trial so confirmed his selection last month and will be joined by the pair in both the individual and 4x400m relay.

Carvell, third at the trials last month, has clocked a best of 46.64 this year to top the UK U20 rankings, while Young has posted a time of 46.85 which he ran on his way to second place at the trials. In the European U20 rankings, Carvell is ranked fifth, with Faulds in sixth and Young in eighth.

In the men’s 1500m, Kane Elliot and Henry McLuckie are ranked third and fourth in the European U20 rankings so far this year, so have earned the call-up to the British team alongside Joe Ewing. Elliot moved to fifth on the UK U20 all-time list with a time of 3:40.65 at Sportcity in May.

Eleanor Colbourn and Stephanie Moss are ranked seventh and eighth in Europe in the women’s 800m, and they will compete for a British team for the first time.

Ethan Hussey leads the names in the men’s 800m and sits fourth in the current European rankings – third without the injured Max Burgin in action. Henry Johnson and Daniel Joyce will also compete in the event.

In the field, Zara Obamakinwa and Taia Tunstall join the previously selected Samantha Callaway in the women’s discus. Tunstall has thrown a PB of 51.01m at a meet in Loughborough earlier this year, while Obamakinwa holds a career best of 51.69m from 2020.

Team Leader, Trevor Painter, said, “The European Athletics U20 Championships are an important opportunity for these athletes as they continue their development through the pathway. We have picked a strong team who will be looking to step up as they take on the best in Europe, so I look forward to seeing how they perform next week.”

The full British team for the European Athletics U20 Championships, Tallinn, Estonia (athletes selected in the second wave are highlighted in blue):

Women:

100m:

Joy Eze (Michael Donnelly, Gateshead)

Aleeya Sibbons (Coral Nourrice, Newham and Essex Beagles)

Eve Wright (Ryan Freckleton, Shaftesbury Barnet)

200m:

Success Eduan (Anita Richardson, Sale Harriers Manchester)

Sophie Walton (Trevor Williams, Horwich)

400m:

Mary John (Alan James, Woodford Green Essex Ladies)

800m:

Eleanor Colbourn (Joanne Day, Harrogate)

Stephanie Moss (Trevor Painter, Sale Harriers Manchester)

3000m:

Megan Keith (Ross Cairns, Inverness)

5000m:

Phoebe Anderson (Wayne Vinton, Herne Hill)

Alice Garner (Mick Woods, Aldershot Farnham and District)

Ellen Weir (Anne Hegvold, Hercules Wimbledon)

100m Hurdles:

Mallory Cluley (Lorna Boothe, Blackheath and Bromley)

Lily Parris (Julie Benterman, Chelmsford)

Pole Vault:

Sophie Ashurst (Andy Ashurst, Sale Harriers Manchester)

Gemma Tutton (Richard Pilling, Lewes)

Long Jump:

Funmi Olajide (Geraldine Heapy, Thurrock)

Triple Jump:

Temi Ojora (Nick Newman, Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow)

Shot Put:

Nana Gyedu (John Hillier, Blackheath and Bromley)

Discus:

Samantha Callaway (David Callaway, Newham and Essex Beagles)

Zara Obamakinwa (Mark Chapman, Blackheath and Bromley)

Taia Tunstall (Stuart Carlaw, Harrow)

Javelin:

Elizabeth Korczak (Bob Willows, Brighton and Hove)

Hammer:

Kirsty Costello (Chris Bennett, Kilbarchan)

Charlotte Payne (Paul Dickenson, Reading)

Heptathlon:

Abigail Pawlett (Joe Frost, Stockport T&F)

4x100m Relay:

Alyson Bell (Billy Glasgow, Giffnock North), Success Eduan (Anita Richardson, Sale Harriers Manchester), Joy Eze (Michael Donnelly, Gateshead), Trinity Powell (Kes Salmon, Manchester Harriers), Aleeya Sibbons (Coral Nourrice, Newham and Essex Beagles), Sophie Walton (Trevor Williams, Horwich) and Eve Wright (Ryan Freckleton, Shaftesbury Barnet)

Men:

100m:

Toby Makoyawo (Peter Griffiths, Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow)

Jeriel Quainoo (Ryan Freckleton, Blackheath and Bromley)

Ethan Wiltshire (Jake Awe, Marshall Milton Keynes)

200m:

Louie Hinchliffe (Rudolph Paul Hohn, Sheffield and Dearne)

Jason Kalala (Nat Senior, Victoria Park and Tower Hamlets)

Derek Kinlock (Paul Weston, Croydon)

400m:

Charlie Carvell (Stuart Hamilton, Telford)

Edward Faulds (James Wright, Rugby and Northampton)

Brodie Young (James McMenemy, Airdrie Harriers)

800m:

Ethan Hussey (Andrew Henderson, Leeds)

Henry Johnson (Lynn Cooper, Houghton Harriers)

Daniel Joyce (Peter Venus, Tynedale)

1500m:

Kane Elliot (William Sharp, Falkirk)

Joe Ewing (Carol Sharp, Edinburgh)

Henry McLuckie (Geoff Watkin, Aldershot Farnham and District)

3000m:

Will Barnicoat (Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow)

Alex Melloy (Mark Vile, Cambridge and Coleridge)

Duncan Robinson (Dudley Walker, Giffnock North)

5000m:

Alastair Marshall (Derek Easton, Central)

Osian Perrin (Andrew Walling, Menai)

3000m Steeplechase:

Alex Alston (Simon Goodwin, Bedford and County)

Kristian Imroth (Stephen Murphy, Shaftesbury Barnet)

110m Hurdles:

Joseph Harding (Laura Turner-Alleyne, Basildon)

400m Hurdles:

Adam Booth (Graeme Gourlay, Poole AC)

Pole Vault:

Lazurus Benjamin (Matt Cullen, Sale Harriers Manchester)

Reuben Nairne (Brian Donaldson, Glasgow City)

High Jump:

Sam Brereton (Fuzz Caan, Birchfield)

Dominic Ogbechie (Marius Guei, Highgate)

Long Jump:

Brad Davies-Pughe (Jake Awe, Shaftesbury Barnet)

Triple Jump:

Bera Ajala (John Scott, Edinburgh)

Daniel Falode (Guy Spencer, Cambridge Harriers)

Javelin:

Thomas Holmes (Mark Bradford, Andover)

4x100m Relay:

Joseph Harding (Laura Turner-Alleyne, Basildon), Jason Kalala (Nat Senior, Victoria Park and Tower Hamlets), Derek Kinlock (Paul Weston, Croydon), Toby Makoyawo (Peter Griffiths, Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow), Henry Nwoke (Mike Sweeney, Liverpool), Jeriel Quainoo (Ryan Freckleton, Blackheath and Bromley) and Ethan Wiltshire (Jake Awe, Marshall Milton Keynes)

4x400m Relay:

Charlie Carvell (Stuart Hamilton, Telford), Alex Cooper (Grant Barker, Birchfield), Reuben Henry-Daire (Paul Herrington, Reading AC), Edward Faulds (James Wright, Rugby and Northampton), Samuel Reardon (Nigel Stickings, Blackheath and Bromley), Nabil Tezkratt (Gladys Bird, Woodford Green Essex Ladies) and Brodie Young (James McMenemy, Airdrie Harriers)

A further two athletes added to the British team for the World Indoors

Emily Borthwick and Amelia Strickler have both received invitations to compete at next week’s World Athletics Indoor Championships, and these have been accepted by UK Athletics.

Borthwick, the Wigan & District athlete, has been in scintillating form in 2022, clearing a personal best of 1.95m in the high jump, and finishing second in the World Indoor Tour series. European and Commonwealth finalist, Strickler will compete in the women’s shot put where she will join Sophie McKinna in the field.

A Message from Ian Reid, Chief Executive, Birmingham 2022

As we draw to the end of 2022, I wanted to take the opportunity on behalf of the team at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee to thank you for your fantastic support in helping make the Games so special.

A new generation is breaking through barriers for women's sport in India

With her cousins Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari, being international wrestlers and Commonwealth Games medalists as well, India is celebrating a ‘new fighting spirit’ with wrestler Vinesh Phogat. Now, coming from a successful family of wrestlers, she is the first Indian woman wrestler to win Gold in both Commonwealth and Asian games.

A world championships bronze medallist in 2019, she was the first Indian woman to win gold at both the Commonwealth and Asian Games. For many of today’s young hopefuls her story is an inspiration, the latest among a growing number.

The 26-year-old, who comes from a small village in the northern state of Haryana (who has markedly fewer females than males), had an upbringing that was very different. Her uncle decided that all the family's daughters should take up wrestling - which attracted opposition and controversy.

Phogat recalls: "All hell broke loose in the village when my uncle starting training us girls in the early 2000s. People called him and us names. My sisters and I all had short cropped hair and so we would wear shorts in the village and practise.

"Ladies would come up to my mother and say 'tell your daughter to at least cover her legs'. My mother would also feel ashamed, but we fought back collectively. And the international medals proved everyone wrong."

Back then, only two decades ago, there were far fewer icons to watch out for. Now she is one of many modern figures showcasing the rising spirit of Indian sportswomen.

Phogat was six-years-old when she watched on TV as Karnam Malleswari won India's first Olympic medal in female competition: a weightlifting bronze at the Sydney Olympics. “The date is still etched in my memory too” she says, as it became a watershed moment for women's sport in India.

Since then four more Indian women have claimed Olympic success; boxer Mary Kom, wrestler Sakshi Malik, and badminton stars Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu.

It is a serious scene of concentration but there can be no doubt - something very uplifting is taking place in Indian sport.

A second former Yorkshire player makes racism claim

It has been reported that Rana Naved-ul-Hasan is a second player to allege racism at Yorkshire County Cricket Club. It follows chairman Roger Hutton, and several board members, who resign over the club's response to racism experienced by Azeem Rafiq.

The club has launched an investigation after the former player alleged he was subjected to repeated racial abuse.

A squad of five Brits are selected for the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships

UK Athletics has today announced the five-strong team which will head to Muscat, Oman next month for the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships. British record holder in the 20km race walk Tom Bosworth (Andi Drake, Tonbridge), and Cameron Corbishley (Andi Drake, Medway and Maidstone) will contest the distance at the event.

A statement by UK Athletics confirming continued sport-wide commitment to tackle racial inequality

May 25 marked the first anniversary of the tragic murder of George Floyd in the USA.

This terrible event resulted in a global groundswell of anger, frustration and grief. Followed by contemplation, determination and then action.

On this day, one year on, UK Athletics once again reaffirms its commitment to zero tolerance of racism and all forms of discrimination.

In the weeks and months following 25 May 2020 UKA launched its Let’s Talk about Race Programme which led to 17 separate focus group sessions taking place throughout the summer, covering many aspects of UKA’s work and its impact on race.   The establishment of the RACEquality Network was a key outcome from these discussions.

The RACEquality Network monitors the outcomes decided within the “Let’s Talk about Race” programme and these are captured within the UKA Diversity Action Plan 2021-2024.  The network also supports race, religion and belief advocates with their initiatives as well as the Race at Work Charter commitment. 

However, these are not just the commitments of those individuals who are members of the RACEquality network. They are commitments that UKA has made as an organisation and will continue to deliver against.

The athletics family spoke loudly last year and UKA listened. Action was taken and we have continued with this commitment most recently by further increasing the diversity of our board, and we will continue to ensure we are representative of the sport and athletes we serve.

We would be delighted to hear from anyone else who wishes to work with and be a part of our newly formed RACEquality network.

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A winner a true sport, and a gentleman – that was Gianluca Vialli

As people were still trying to get their heads around his passing, former Sampdoria team-mate Graeme Souness was in tears as an interview with him was cut short during Gianluca Vialli tribute. They were both at the opposite ends of their respective football careers, but, even so, the impact that the young, thoughtful, Italian had the then 31-year-old medal-laden Scottish international will, as he said himself, remain with him for ever.