Athletics: GB name squad for IAAF World Championships

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British Athletics has named a strong female team for the IAAF World Championships in Moscow.

Olympic silver medallist and Sainsbury’s British Championships 400m winner Christine Ohuruogu will look to regain the title she won in 2007 and her sister Victoria is also named as a member of the 4x400m squad, making them the first sisters to feature together in a world championship team.

Anyika Onuora, one of only three women globally to hold A standards over 100m, 200m and 400m in 2013 is selected in the 200m and the 4x400m relay. And currently in superb form, Championships winner Shara Proctor is named in the long jump and will be aiming to make her first outdoor major championships podium.

Elsewhere, following a season out with injury, Olympic Heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill will be looking to claim back the gold she won in Berlin in 2009. And enjoying their debuts will be Dina Asher Smith in the women’s 4x100m squad who at 17 is the youngest member of the team, and long jumper Lorraine Ugen.

“The team selected for GB and NI are a mix of defending champions, potential medallists, finalists and some really exciting young talents that we seen as future medallists,” said British Athletics Performance Director Neil Black.

“Last weekend’s Sainsbury’s British Championships was a brilliant stage for the world trials, and we saw some world class performances. It gave the selectors a real opportunity to see the athletes in championship mode and we were not disappointed.

“A year on from the Games and it is great to look forward to Moscow with the selected team, as we take our first steps in the build up towards Rio 2016 and London 2017.”

The Championships takes place at the Luzniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 10-18 August.

Full team:

100m: Asha Philip
200m: Anyika Onuora, Jodie Williams
400m: Christine Ohuruogu
800m: Jessica Judd, Laura Muir, Marilyn Okoro
1500m: Hannah England, Laura Weightman
100mH: Tiffany Porter
400mH: Meghan Beesley, Eilidh Child, Perri Shakes Drayton
3000mSC: Eilish McColgan
Long Jump: Shara Proctor, Lorraine Ugen
Hammer Throw: Sophie Hitchon
Heptathlon: Jessica Ennis, Katarina Johnson-Thompson,
Marathon: Sonia Samuels, Susan Partridge
4x100m: Asha Philip, Hayley Jones, Annabelle Lewis, Ashleigh Nelson, Bianca Williams, Dina Asher Smith, Jodie Williams
4x400m: Margaret Adeoye, Eilidh Child, Shana Cox, Kirsten McAslan, Kelly Massey, Christine Ohuruogu, Victoria Ohuruogu, Anyika Onuora, Perri Shakes Drayton

Lizzie Flint, Sportsister
The Women’s Sports Magazine

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