Great Britain & NI names team Paris Olympics
2024.07.19
Olympic medalists Josh Kerr, Laura Muir, Holly Bradshaw, and Keely Hodgkinson are a few of the athletes named to represent Great Britain & Northern Ireland in the August 1–11 Olympic Games in Paris.
In Tokyo, Hodgkinson and Muir won silver in the 800 and 1500 meters, respectively, while Kerr took home bronze in the 1500 meters and bronze in the Bradshaw pole vault.
Having won two gold medals at the world championships in the 1500 meters in Budapest last year and the 3000 meters indoors in Glasgow in March, Kerr is back at the Olympics.
He will be accompanied by fellow world champions Molly Caudery, who won the gold in the pole vault in Glasgow, and Katarina Johnson-Thompson, who won the heptathlon in Budapest.
Athletes competing in their first Olympics include sprinter Louie Hinchliffe and 800-meter runner Phoebe Gill. Other global gold medallists include Jake Wightman and Dina Asher-Smith.
Over the weekend, Gill, a 17-year-old, won the 800m national title in 1:58.66, making history as the youngest British Championship winner since 1974. In 10.18, Hinchliffe, the NCAA champion, won the 100 meters.
British team for Paris
WOMEN
100m: Dina Asher-Smith, Imani-Lara Lansiquot, Daryll Neita
200m: Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita, Bianca Williams
400m: Amber Anning, Laviai Nielsen, Victoria Ohuruogu
800m: Phoebe Gill, Keely Hodgkinson, Jemma Reekie
1500m: Georgia Bell, Laura Muir, Revee Walcott-Nolan
10,000m: Megan Keith, Eilish McColgan
Marathon: Charlotte Purdue, Rose Harvey, Calli Hauger-Thackery
3000m steeplechase: Lizzie Bird, Aimee Pratt
100m hurdles: Cindy Sember
400m hurdles: Jessie Knight, Lina Nielsen
High jump: Morgan Lake
Pole vault: Holly Bradshaw, Molly Caudery
Heptathlon: Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Jade O’Dowda
4x100m: Dina Asher-Smith, Desiree Henry, Amy Hunt, Imani-Lara Lansiquot, Daryll Neita, Bianca Williams
4x400m: Amber Anning, Yemi Mary John, Hannah Kelly, Laviai Nielsen, Victoria Ohuruogu, Jodie Williams, Nicole Yeargin
MEN
100m: Jeremiah Azu, Louie Hinchliffe, Zharnel Hughes
200m: Zharnel Hughes
400m: Charlie Dobson, Matthew Hudson-Smith
800m: Max Burgin, Ben Pattison, Jake Wightman
1500m: Neil Gourley, Josh Kerr, George Mills
5000m: Sam Atkin, Patrick Dever, George Mills
10,000m: Patrick Dever*
Marathon: Emile Cairess, Mahamed Mahamed, Phil Sesemann
20km race walk: Callum Wilkinson
110m hurdles: Tade Ojora
400m hurdles: Alastair Chalmers
Long jump: Jacob Fincham-Dukes
Shot put: Scott Lincoln
Discus: Lawrence Okoye, Nicholas Percy
4x100m: Jeremiah Azu, Louie Hinchliffe, Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake
4x400m: Charlie Carvell, Lewis Davey, Charlie Dobson, Ben Jefferies, Toby Harries, Alex Haydock-Wilson, Matthew Hudson-Smith
MIXED
4x400m: team to be selected from women’s and men’s 4x400m athletes
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