UK Athletics can announce the Novuna Great Britain and Northern Ireland (GB & NI) team for the World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi, India, between 26 September and 5 October.

The athletes announced today will join those seven athletes selected earlier this year in June to make a full team of 37 for the upcoming Championships. The team features a wealth of experience and youth, heading out to Delhi later this year.

The performance aims are for athletes to medal at these championships and to support the athletes’ potential for the LA 2028 Paralympic Games.

The six-time World Champion Hollie Arnold (coach:Scott Knighton, club:Blackheath & Bromley) will look to retain her F46 javelin title, as will three-time world champion Jonathan Broom-Edwards (Deidre Elmhirst, Newham and Essex Beagles), in the T44 high jump.

The experienced eleven-time World medallist Sophie Hahn (Joe McDonnell, Charnwood) will look to compete across the T38 100m and 200m and be part of the universal relay team. The multiple Paralympic, World and European medalist, Dan Greaves (Zane Duquemin, Charnwood), will compete in the F44 discus.

Nathan Maguire (Ste Hoskins, Kirkby) will compete across three distances: T54 1500m, 800m and 400m. The North West athlete has been dominant in the 400m, where he has raced a new personal best this year and will be keen to better his fourth place from the Paris Paralympic Games last summer.

Anna Nicholson (Richard Kaufman, Gateshead), who won bronze at the Paris Paralympic Games, will compete in the women’s F35 shot put. Paris Paralympic bronze medallist Didi Okoh (Tony Hadley, Birchfield Harriers) will compete in the T63 100m.

Funmi Oduwaiye (Josh Clark, DSW Para Academy) threw a new personal best in the discus at the weekend at the Novuna UK Athletics Championships. She will compete in both the F44 shot put and F44 discus.

Luke Nuttall (Sonia and Chris McGeorge, Charnwood) opened his season with a good time of 3:59.65 at the Novuna London Athletics Meet in the T46 1500m. The two-time Paralympian is no stranger to performing on the big stage.

Seven athletes are making their senior international debuts. Bree Cronin (Josh Clark, Cardiff) season is building, throwing a new personal best in the F44 discus of 39.83 this year, securing her spot in the team.

19-year-old Amy Thompson (Mark Edwards, Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton) will make her senior international debut at the age of 19. The Liverpool athlete has improved her personal best by half a metre this year in the women’s F41 shot put.

Scottish athlete Finlay Menzies (Graeme Reid, Livingston) ran a new personal best at the England Athletics Para Championships in July in the T72 100m, an event that will make its Paralympic debut in LA 2028.

Bebe Jackson (Alan James, Woodford Green Essex Ladies) will make her senior international debut. She made history becoming Team England’s first ever medallist at the Commonwealth Youth Games, winning silver in the discus F42-44/F61-64 in Trinidad and Tobago.

UK Athletics Head of the Paralympic Performance, Katie Jones, commented;

“The announcement of our whole team for the World Para Athletics Championships in India is the first significant step into the LA 2028 Paralympic cycle.

“A full squad of 37 has a great mix of experience, from the seven international debuts to a good depth of world-class medal winners. I have full confidence in the athlete’s ability to deliver outstanding performances on the global stage. Congratulations to all those selected.”

The full Novuna Great Britain & Northern Ireland team selection for the World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi, India, between 26 September and 5 October.

Women

Kare Adenegan (Arno Mul, Coventry) – T34 100m, 800m and 400m

Hollie Arnold (Scott Knighton, Blackheath & Bromley) – F46 Javelin

Fabienne Andre (Chris Parsloe, Sutton & District) – T34 800m, 100m and 400m

Olivia Breen (Aston Moore, City of Portsmouth) – T38 Long Jump,100m and Universal Relay

Hannah Cockcroft (Paul Moseley, Leeds) – T34 100m, 800m, 400m and Universal Relay

Lydia Church (Mark Edwards, Peterborough & Nene Valley) – F12 Shot Put

Bree Cronin (Josh Clark, Cardiff) – F44 Discus*

Maddie Down (Mike Bennett, Halesowen) – T38 Long Jump, 100m and Universal Relay

Sabrina Fortune (Ryan Spencer-Jones, Deeside) – F20 Shot Put

Sophie Hahn (Joe McDonnell, Charnwood) – T38 100m, 200m and Universal Relay

Bebe Jackson (Alan James, Woodford Green, Essex Ladies) – T44 100m and 200m*

Victoria Levitt (Mansfield) – T44 100m and 200m*

Anna Nicholson (Richard Kaufman, Gateshead)– F35 Shot Put

Funmi Oduwaiye (Josh Clark, DSW Para Academy) – F44 Shot Put and F44 Discus

Didi Okoh (Tony Hadley, Birchfield Harriers) – T63 100m

Ali Smith (Leon Baptiste, Guildford and Godalming) – T38 400m, 200m and Universal Relay

Amy Thompson (Mark Edwards, Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton) – F41 Shot Put*

Hannah Taunton (Charlotte Fisher, Taunton) – T20 1500m

Mel Woods (Rodger Harkins, Red Star) – T54 800m, 400m and 1500m

Men

Jonathan Broom Edwards (Deidre Elmhirst, Newham and Essex Beagles) – T64 High Jump

Aled Davies (Cardiff) – F63 Shot Put

Dan Gladman (Leigh) – T64 100m*

Dan Greaves (Zane Duquemin, Charnwood) – F44 Discus

Michael Jenkins (Ryan Spencer-Jones, Swansea) – F38 Shot Put

Nathan Maguire (Ste Hoskins, Kirkby) – T54 1500m, 400m and 800m

Finlay Menzies (Graeme Reid, Livingston) – T72 100m and 400m*

Arthur Milles (Trevor Cummings, St Mary’s Richmond) – T13 1500m*

Luke Nuttall (Sonia and Chris McGeorge, Charnwood) – T46 1500m

Jonnie Peacock (Charnwood) – T64 100m and Universal Relay

Dan Pembroke (John Trower, Windsor Slough Eton Hounslow) – F13 Javelin

Marcus Perrineau Daley (Jake Foster, Weir Archer Academy) – T52 100m

Ben Sandilands (Steve Doig, Fife) – T20 1500m

Zac Shaw (Leon Baptiste, Cleethorpes) – T12 100m and Universal Relay

Zak Skinner (Aston Moore, Loughborough Students) – T13 Long Jump

Luke Sinnott (Bournemouth) – T63 Long Jump

Harrison Walsh (Ryan Spencer-Jones, Swansea) – F44 Discus

Thomas Young (Joe McDonnell, Charnwood) – T38 100m

*Those marked will be making their senior international debuts

For more information regarding the classifications, you can read more via ParalympicsGB or IPC para athletics.