UK Athletics has announced the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China (21-23 March). Originally scheduled for the 2020 edition of these…
UK Athletics has announced the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China (21-23 March).
Originally scheduled for the 2020 edition of these championships but postponed due to the pandemic, this is the second major championship taking place this month, following the European Athletics Indoor Championships last weekend where GB & NI came away with seven medals.
The aim of these championships is to maximise medal success and top 8 placings and also to support preparation towards medal success at the 2025 World Championships. Athletes wishing to be considered for these championships needed to have expressed an interest in competing and have achieved qualification through either a World Athletics standard or acquiring a specified position on the World Athletics Top Performance List ‘Road to Nanjing’.
A GB & NI team of 13 will head to China, including recently crowned European Indoor 60m Champion Jeremiah Azu and fellow sprint medallist Andy Robertson. They are joined by fellow European indoor medallists George Mills in the 3000m and 1500m bronze medallist Revee Wallcot Nolan.
As stated in the selection policy, relay athletes will now focus on preparations for the World Athletics Relay Championships at the start of May and therefore will not be competing in Nanjing. Team announcement for the relay championships will follow later this month.
The Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the World Athletics Indoors Championships, Nanjing, China (21-23 March):
Women
60m
Amy Hunt (Marco Airale, Charnwood)
400m
Amber Anning (Chris Johnson, Brighton & Hove)
1500m
Georgia Hunter Bell (Trevor Painter, Belgrave)
Revee Walcott Nolan (Thomas Dreissigacker, Luton)
3000m
Innes FitzGerald* (Gavin Pavey, Exeter) *subject to achieving Road to Nanjing ranking position.
Pole Vault
Molly Caudery (Scott Simpson, Thames Valley)
Long Jump
Funminiyi Olajide (Geraldine Heapy, Thurrock)
Men
60m
Jeremiah Azu (Helen James, Cardiff)
Andy Robertson (Alex O’Gorman, Sale Harriers Manchester)
1500m
Adam Fogg (Cory Leslie, Coventry)
Neil Gourley (Stephen Haas, Giffnock North)
3000m
George Mills (Thomas Dreissigacker, Brighton Phoenix)
Shot put
Scott Lincoln (Dale Stevenson. City of York)
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