Laura Muir and Charlie Da’Vall Grice gain 1500m spots, while Dina Asher-Smith is confirmed for 100m, 200m and 4x100m in Berlin
British Athletics has named a 102-strong team for the European Championships in Berlin from August 6-12.
It is set to be the biggest team the nation has sent to a major championships in the modern era.
World number one long jumper Lorraine Ugen and fellow European leaders Zharnel Hughes, Dina Asher-Smith, Matthew Hudson-Smith and Laura Muir headline the GB team set to travel to Germany.
At the Müller Anniversary Games over the weekend, where Muir clocked 4:19.28 for fifth in a fast mile, the Scot confirmed that she would be asking selectors to consider her for both the 800m and 1500m.
She was initially selected for both but having suffered irritation to her Achilles following the Anniversary Games race, she took the decision on Monday night to focus on the 1500m only.
Muir had won the British 800m title ahead of Shelayna Oskan-Clarke in Birmingham, and joining Oskan-Clarke in racing the two-lap event in Germany will be Adelle Tracey – third at the trials – and Lynsey Sharp, who ran 1:59.34 over the weekend and sits second to Muir on this season’s rankings.
In the men’s 1500m, Charlie Da’Vall Grice gets the nod over Neil Gourley for the final place on the team and will join Chris O’Hare and Jake Wightman in that event in Berlin.
As the defending 200m champion, British record-holder Asher-Smith has been named for both the 100m – the event in which she won the British title – and the 200m, as well as the 4x100m relay. Her fellow defending champion Martyn Rooney has also been included for the 400m.
CJ Ujah has been handed the third 100m place and Delano Williams the final 200m spot. After her 11.11 PB in London over the weekend, 20-year-old Imani-Lara Lansiquot gains the third place in the women’s 100m.
Molly Caudery is the youngest member of the team aged 18 and is one of nine athletes set to make their senior GB debut. That list also includes her fellow pole vaulter Lucy Bryan, Daniel Rowden in the 800m and Jamaine Coleman in the 3000m steeplechase.
After placing third at the British Championships in the 5000m and having also finished as the third British athlete in the Highgate Harriers 10,000m trial race, 37-year-old Chris Thompson, who won 10,000m silver at the 2010 championships in Barcelona, has been selected for both events.
Six athletes were chosen for the women’s marathon in April, however Alyson Dixon has been forced to withdraw through injury.
“The standard of performances from British athletes since the Commonwealth Games in April has been extremely high and therefore competition for places to Berlin has been more competitive than ever,” said British Athletics performance director Neil Black. “This is a huge opportunity for athletes to demonstrate form ahead of two global championship summers.
“It is fantastic that for the first time ever more women than men have been selected and this underlines further that athletics is a truly equal sport while I would like to congratulate both Anyika (Onuora) and Eilidh (Doyle) on what will be their fifth appearance for the British team at the European Championships.
“The team is our largest for over 100 years and we look forward to watching them thrive under the spotlight of a major championships. These European Championships are an important marker on the road to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and we expect to be competing for medals at every turn.”
British team for the European Championships Berlin 2018
MEN
100m
Zharnel Hughes
Reece Prescod
Chijindu Ujah
200m
Adam Gemili
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake
Delano Williams
400m
Dwayne Cowan
Matthew Hudson-Smith
Martyn Rooney
Rabah Yousif
800m
Elliot Giles
Guy Learmonth
Daniel Rowden
1500m
Charlie Da’Vall Grice
Chris O’Hare
Jake Wightman
5000m
Ben Connor
Marc Scott
Chris Thompson
10,000m
Chris Thompson
Andy Vernon
Alex Yee
3000m steeplechase
Jamaine Coleman
Zak Seddon
Ieuan Thomas
20km race walk
Tom Bosworth
Callum Wilkinson
110m hurdles
David King
Andrew Pozzi
400m hurdles
Jack Green
Dai Greene
Sebastian Rodger
High jump
Chris Baker
Allan Smith
David Smith
Pole vault
Adam Hague
Charlie Myers
Long jump
Dan Bramble
Feron Sayers
Triple jump
Nathan Douglas
Hammer
Chris Bennett
Nick Miller
Decathlon
Tim Duckworth
4x100m
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey
Ojie Edoburun
Adam Gemili
Zharnel Hughes
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake
Chijindu Ujah
4x400m
Cameron Chalmers
Dwayne Cowan
Jack Green
Matthew Hudson-Smith
Sebastian Rodger
Martyn Rooney
Owen Smith
Delano Williams
Rabah Yousif
WOMEN
100m
Dina Asher-Smith
Imani-Lara Lansiquot
Daryll Neita
200m
Dina Asher-Smith
Beth Dobbin
Bianca Williams
Jodie Williams
400m
Amy Allcock
Laviai Nielsen
Anyika Onuora
800m
Shelayna Oskan-Clarke
Lynsey Sharp
Adelle Tracey
1500m
Laura Muir
Jemma Reekie
Laura Weightman
5000m
Melissa Courtney
Eilish McColgan
Steph Twell
10,000m
Charlotte Arter
Alice Wright
3000m steeplechase
Rosie Clarke
20km race walk
Gemma Bridge
Bethan Davies
Heather Lewis
Marathon
Tracy Barlow
Caryl Jones
Lily Partridge
Charlotte Purdue
Sonia Samuels
400m hurdles
Meghan Beesley
Eilidh Doyle
Kirsten McAslan
High jump
Morgan Lake
Nikki Manson
Pole vault
Holly Bradshaw
Lucy Bryan
Molly Caudery
Long Jump
Shara Proctor
Jazmin Sawyers
Lorraine Ugen
Triple jump
Naomi Ogbeta
Shot put
Sophie McKinna
Divine Oladipo
Amelia Strickler
Discus
Eden Francis
Jade Lally
Kirsty Law
Hammer
Sophie Hitchon
Heptathlon
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
4x100m
Dina Asher-Smith
Shannon Hylton
Imani-Lara Lansiquot
Daryll Neita
Ashleigh Nelson
Asha Philip
Bianca Williams
4x400m
Mary Abichi
Finette Agyapong
Amy Allcock
Meghan Beesley
Zoe Clark
Emily Diamond
Eilidh Doyle
Kirsten McAslan
Laviai Nielsen
Anyika Onuora
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