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Angelita Broadbelt-Blake pulled up with a significant injury in the heats of the 60m hurdles at the Microplus UK Athletics Indoor Championships 2024 held at the Utilita Arena – Birmingham
We wish her a speedy recovery.
The Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24, (1-3 March) has been announced today by UK Athletics.
The team has been selected to fulfil the aim of the policy for these championships; to optimise medal success and the number of top eight placings.
The full team will be finalised once UK Athletics has received confirmation of the World Athletics Road to Glasgow Rankings later this week. Subject to the athletes’ position in rankings, those athletes who have met the UKA requirements outlined in the selection policy will be confirmed. Those athletes in this position have been informed of their current selection status.
World champion Josh Kerr (coach: Danny Mackey, coach: Edinburgh) [3000m] and Olympic silver medallist Laura Muir (Steve Vernon, Dundee Hawkhill) [3000m] are among the athletes selected to compete in front of a home crowd next month [1-3 March] as the Championships head to Scotland for the first time.
After clearing a world lead of 4.85m in the pole vault at the Microplus UK Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham last weekend, Molly Caudery (Scott Simpson, Thames Valley) joins the GB & NI team in the best form of her career.
Kilbarchan’s Jemma Reekie (Jon Bigg), who set a Championship record at the Utilita Arena at the Championships, will go in the women’s 800m, while Georgia Bell (Trevor Painter, Belgrave) [1500m], who has been in scintillating form in 2024 so far, is called up to a GB & NI senior team for the first time in her career.
Paula Dunn, Olympic Head Coach, said,
“We are pleased to be announcing such a strong team for World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24, and I am looking forward to seeing how the team perform on the world stage. We had a thrilling National Championships where athletes secured their places for the Team in Scotland, and it was fantastic to see a number of athletes stepping up when it counted.
“This is a really exciting squad that includes global medallists as well as athletes who will be hoping to make an impact on the world stage for the first time.
“Once World Athletics have finalised the final Road to Glasgow rankings later this week, those athletes who have the required ranking and have met the UKA requirements outlined in the selection policy will be announced, and we look forward to confirming our home championship team for next month.”
Women
Georgia Bell (Trevor Painter, Belgrave) – 1500m
Isabelle Boffey (Luke Gunn, Enfield and Haringey) – 800m
Molly Caudery (Scott Simpson, Thames Valley) – Pole Vault
Morgan Lake (Robbie Grabarz, Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow) – High Jump
Laura Muir (Steve Vernon, Dundee Hawkhill) – 3000m
Laviai Nielsen (Tony Lester, Enfield and Haringey) – 400m
Jemma Reekie (Jon Bigg, Kilbarchan) – 800m
Cindy Sember (Chris Johnson, Woodford Green Essex Ladies) – 60m Hurdles
Revee Walcott-Nolan (Thomas Dreißigacker, Luton) – 1500m
4x400m: Hannah Brier (Matt Elias, Swansea), Hannah Kelly (Les Hall, Bolton), Jessie Knight (Marina Armstrong, Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow), Laviai Nielsen (Tony Lester, Enfield and Haringey), Lina Nielsen (Tony Lester, Shaftesbury Barnet) and Ama Pipi (Linford Christie; Enfield & Haringey)
Men
Jeremiah Azu (Marco Airale, Cardiff) – 60m
Callum Elson (Nick Aguila, Cambridge & Coleridge) – 1500m
Adam Fogg (Cory Leslie, Coventry) – 1500m
Josh Kerr (Danny Mackey, Edinburgh) – 3000m
David King (Tim O’Neil, City of Plymouth) – 60m Hurdles
Tade Ojora (Joanna Hayes, Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow) – 60m Hurdles