Zharnel Hughes added to his victory in the 100m last night with another superb victory in the 200m at the Regional Arena Manchester.
He enjoyed a sub 20 seconds finish, Joe Ferguson & Jona Efoloko finished in the silver and bronze positions
The centrepiece of the Olympics
The true spirit of competition and the ability of athletes to strive for greater success was exemplified at the Manchester regional centre in the hydrogel, as part of the UK Athletics event.
Molly Caudery set herself a personal best of 4.61 metres that was then matched by Holly Bradshaw’s season best.
This in turn forced Molly to push herself on and attain a height of 4.71 metres and win the competition. Third place went to Felicia Miloro.
World heptathlon champions Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR) and Nafi Thiam (BEL) have been added to the women’s long jump field for the London Athletics Meet on Sunday 23 July.
Two of the all-time greats in the combined events will add further star power to the long jump competition as they join European Indoor champion Jazmin Sawyers at the London Stadium later this month.
Johnson-Thompson – who has a PB of 6.93m – has been in excellent form so far this season. In May she finished second in the seven-event discipline at the prestigious Hypomeeting Gotzis.
The 2019 world champion has been a two-time winner at Wanda Diamond League events in the past with both victories coming in the long jump at the London Stadium in 2013 and 2016.
As for Thiam, the last time she competed at the London Stadium she won her first world heptathlon title. At the World Athletics Championships London 2017, Thiam followed Olympic gold in Rio with her first of two world outdoor titles to date.
The multi global medallist also broke the pentathlon world record at the European Indoor Championships earlier this year with 1254 points. With a long jump personal best of 6.86m, Belgium’s two-time world champion will be a strong contender in the field on Sunday 23 July.
On competing at the London Stadium, Johnson-Thompson said, “I am really excited to be competing in the long jump at the London Athletics Meet. It is one of my favourite events in the calendar, and it is always great to compete in front of the British crowd. The support is always the best in the world and with 45,000 people cheering us on in the stadium, the atmosphere will be incredible for all the athletes.”
Thiam, added, “I am looking forward to competing in the long jump in the London Stadium. It has been a few years since I have competed in London, but I have great memories from the World Championships. The meeting will be important in my preparations for the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, so it will be great to compete as part of a strong field.”
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Bianca Williams will captain the Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad at the European Team Championships First Division fixture in Silesia, Poland (23-25 June).
Williams brings a wealth of experience to the team having won European and Commonwealth medals during her career so far.
In 2018, Williams was part of the gold-medal winning 4x100m relay quartet at the European Championships in Berlin, adding to her silver from Amsterdam two years earlier.
2018 was a successful season for the Enfield and Haringey athlete as she was also part of the England team which won the Commonwealth title in the 4x100m relay. Her CV also includes 200m bronze from Glasgow 2014 and two further relay medals in 2014 and 2022.
The last time the European Team Championships were held in Silesia two years ago, Williams ran in the winning relay quartet which added full points to the overall team points tally.
On receiving the captaincy, Williams said, “It is a huge accomplishment. I take a lot of pride in being the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team captain, especially as there are quite a few young athletes on the team. It is nice for them to be able to look up to me and a lot of the other experienced athletes.
“Team Champs is always a lot of fun. Even though it is a team event, and you want to get maximum points, you still want to do well individually. You have to make it fun and if you do that, you can put in your best performance.
“Athletics comes with so many highs and so many lows. For me, I’ve had so many lows, but I have come on this journey and looking back, it has been incredible, and I have achieved so much. Before I had my son, athletics was the whole world. But now I have my son, it has given me a different perspective. If I have had a bad race, it is not the end of the world as I can go home, and I am met by a happy boy who is happy to see me. And if I run well, then that is fantastic. But I have learned now to not put pressure on myself, you’ve got to enjoy the experience.”
Team Leader, Stephen Maguire, said on the appointment, “Being named as captain is a huge honour for any athlete, and I am pleased Bianca will have the honour of leading this team in Poland. Bianca brings so much experience to the squad and is highly respected among her peers. She will lead the team passionately and professionally across the three days of competition.”
The Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the 2023 European Team Championships in Silesia, Poland on the 23-25 June.
Women
100m: Bianca Williams (Enfield & Haringey)
200m: Bianca Williams (Enfield & Haringey)
400m: Ama Pipi (Linford Christie, Enfield & Haringey)
800m: Issy Boffey (Luke Gunn, Enfield & Haringey)
1500m: Ellie Baker (Jon Bigg, Shaftesbury Barnet)
5000m: Hannah Nuttall (Helen Clitheroe, Charnwood)
100m Hurdles: Abigail Pawlett (Ashley Bryant, Trafford)
400m Hurdles: Lina Nielsen (Philipp Unfried, Shaftesbury Barnet)
3000m Steeplechase: Maisie Grice (Joe Franklin, Aldershot Farnham and District)
Long Jump: Lucy Hadaway (Matt Barton, City of York)
Triple Jump: Georgina Forde-Wells (Lukasz Zawila, Rugby & Northampton)
High Jump: Laura Zialor (Jade Surman, Marshall Milton Keynes)
Pole Vault: Jade Ive (Brian Hooper, Sutton & District)
Shot Put: Sarah Omoregie (Brandon Amo, Cardiff)
Discus: Jade Lally (Zane Duquemin, Shaftesbury Barnet)
Hammer: Charlotte Payne (Paul Dickenson, Reading)
Javelin: Bekah Walton (David Turner, Blackheath & Bromley)
4x100m Relay: Leonie Ashmeade (Lewis Samuel, Wakefield), Alyson Bell (Anne Scott, Glasgow Jaguars), Amy Hunt (Joe McDonnell, Charnwood), Cassie-Ann Pemberton (Clarence Callender), Aleeya Sibbons (Coral Nourrice, Newham & Essex Beagles) and Bianca Williams (Enfield & Haringey)
Men
100m: Jeremiah Azu (Marco Airale, Cardiff)
200m: Adam Clayton (Ryan McAllister, Giffnock North)
400m: Alex Haydock-Wilson (Benke Blomkvist, Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow)
800m: Ben Pattison (Dave Ragan, Basingstoke & Mid Hants)
1500m: George Mills (Thomas Dreißigacker, Brighton Phoenix)
5000m: Jonathan Davies (Luke Gunn, Reading)
110m Hurdles: Josh Zeller (Adrian Brown, Bracknell)
400m Hurdles: Seamus Derbyshire (Nick Dakin, City of Stoke)
3000m Steeplechase: Zak Seddon (Geoff Wightman, Bracknell)
Long Jump: Jack Roach (Lukasz Zawila, Harrow)
Triple Jump: Jude Bright-Davies (David Johnson, Thames Valley)
High Jump: William Grimsey (Bethan Partridge, Woodford Green Essex Ladies)
Pole Vault: Adam Hague (Trevor Fox, Sheffield & Dearne)
Shot Put: Scott Lincoln (Paul Wilson, City of York)
Discus: Lawrence Okoye (Zane Duquemin, Croydon)
Hammer: Jake Norris (Paul Dickenson, Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow)
Javelin: Joe Dunderdale (Sheffield & Dearne)
4x100m Relay: Jeremiah Azu (Marco Airale, Cardiff), Oliver Bromby (Marvin Rowe, Southampton), Adam Clayton (Ryan McAllister, Giffnock North), Richard Kilty (Gateshead), Andrew Morgan-Harrison (Alex O’Gorman, Kingston upon Hull) and Tommy Ramdhan (Bexley)
Mixed
Mixed 4x400m Relay: Seamus Derbyshire (Nick Dakin, City of Stoke), Alex Haydock-Wilson (Benke Blomkvist, Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow), Carys McAulay (Nick Dakin, Trafford), Lina Nielsen (Philipp Unfried, Shaftesbury Barnet), Ama Pipi (Linford Christie, Enfield & Haringey) and Brodie Young (James McMenemy, Glasgow Jaguars)
Team Staff
Team Leader: Stephen Maguire
Team Coaches: Femi Akinsanya [Jumps], Leon Baptiste [Sprints & Relays], Benke Blomkvist [Hurdles], Darren Campbell [Sprints & Relays], Spencer Duval [Endurance], Jackie Newton [Endurance], Kate Rooney [Pole Vault], Martyn Rooney [Relays] and Paul Wilson [Throws]
Team Support Staff: Abosede Ajayi, Laura Burke, Stuart Butler, Ben Jones, Laura Moss and Adam Rattenberry
Several Paralympic medallists will be heading to the London Athletics Meet on Sunday 23 July, joining a stellar programme of events.
Five para events will be included in the programme alongside the Wanda Diamond League events, with many of those athletes set to compete returning from the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships which take place in Paris one week prior.
Hannah Cockroft has been in superb form in 2023, improving her world records in the T34 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m in meetings out in the United Arab Emirates and Switzerland.
She will headline the women’s wheelchair 800m which will include two-time Paralympic medallist Sammi Kinghorn [T53] and European champion Fabienne Andre [T34].
There will be another superb wheelchair race as the men take on the 1500m. Danny Sidbury and Nathan Maguire have been in exceptional form already this season, both setting British records in the T54 class. Sidbury pushed to the second fastest time in history in Nottwil last month, so this will be a race not to be missed.
Leading the line in the ambulant 100m races are Paralympic T38 champions Thomas Young and Sophie Hahn.
In the men’s race, Young will face-off against Commonwealth T47 100m champion Emmanuel Oyinbo-Coker, and European T13 100m champion, Zak Skinner.
While in the women’s contest, Hahn will face Commonwealth gold medallist Olivia Breen, and reigning world T35 100m champion Maria Lyle.
The fifth para event in the timetable in the ambulant men’s 1500m which will see Paralympic T20 champion Owen Miller race in the London Stadium for the first time in his career.
Cockroft said, “The London Stadium is a truly special place for me, and it will have a place in my heart forever. I am really pleased to be racing there in July, hopefully on the back of a very successful World Para Athletics Championships for the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team in Paris.
“British para athletics is in a really strong place at the moment, one year out from the Paralympic Games, so these are events not to be missed. The British fans understand the sport like no other, so I look forward to performing in front of the home crowd next month.”
“I was inspired to start the sport after watching the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and seeing my heroes, like Usain Bolt, compete. So, there are so many memories for me in that stadium. It will be a special occasion for all the athletes, and I am excited about competing in front of the largest home crowd I will have experienced in my career.”
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The Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for November’s (5) IAU 50km World Championships in Hyderabad, India, has been announced today.
Seven athletes will represent the country at the 2023 edition of the Championships following medal success at the Europeans in 2022.
Andrew Davies (Stockport) – the individual bronze medallist at the 2022 European Championships – returns to the fold as a member of the men’s quartet.
He was also part of the gold medal winning men’s team at the Europeans, as was Will Mycroft (Cambridge & Coleridge) who will receive his second GB & NI vest at the Championships.
The pair will be joined by Ollie Garrod (self-coached, Belgrave) who represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the World 100km Championships in 2022, and Andrew Heyes (Mara Yamauchi, Hallamshire Harriers) – a senior international on the roads and cross country – who will take on his first major Championships 50km.
The women’s team includes Rachel Hodgkinson (Liverpool Harriers), Carla Molinaro (Martin Cox, Clapham Chasers) and Sarah Webster (David Leach, Northern [Isle of Man]).
Molinaro set a fast 50km spilt in the recent Two Oceans Marathon in South Africa on her way to third place overall. She was also the third woman to cross the line at the prestigious Comrades Marathon last weekend.
Sarah Webster won the ACP 100km in April and obtained the 50km standard in Romania last month, so she has been in strong form throughout the 2023 season. Webster and Rachel Hodgkinson receive their first call-ups to a GB & NI team.
Walter Hill, the Team Leader, said, “After great performances at the European Championships last year, we are looking forward to seeing how the British teams will perform on the world stage later this year. We have some incredibly experienced athletes in the team who have competed across a variety of distances at major Championships, as well as two athletes experiencing this for the first time. It will be great to see them all in action against the best in the world later this year.”
The Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the IAU 50km World Championships:
Women
Rachel Hodgkinson (Liverpool Harriers)
Carla Molinaro (Martin Cox, Clapham Chasers)
Sarah Webster (David Leach, Northern [Isle of Man])
Men
Andrew Davies (Stockport)
Ollie Garrod (self-coached, Belgrave)
Andrew Heyes (Mara Yamauchi, Hallamshire Harriers)
Will Mycroft (Cambridge & Coleridge)
Sha’Carri Richardson (USA), the fastest woman in the world this year, is the latest addition to an incredible 100m field at the London Athletics Meet on Sunday 23 July.
The former NCAA champion showed early-season promise with a wind-aided 10.57 at the Miramar Invitational in Florida in April.
She backed that up with an emphatic victory at the Doha Meeting – the opening meeting of the 2023 Wanda Diamond League series – on Friday 5 May, clocking a meeting record and world leading time of 10.76. In a high-quality field, reigning world 200m champion Shericka Jackson (JAM) was second (10.85), with former world 200m champion Dina Asher-Smith (GBR) in third (10.98). In what is likely to be one of the event highlights, the incredible trio will meet again in the UK capital.
“I’m excited and looking forward to running at the London Diamond League,” said 23-year-old Richardson, who has a lifetime best of 10.72 – a mark good enough for seventh on the world all-time list. “It will be my first time visiting London, and I hope to run very well there for the fans.”
The London Athletics Meet is the tenth meeting of the 2023 Wanda Diamond League series. The series comprises 14 meetings in total and started with Doha on 5 May. It concludes with a single final across two days in Eugene (16-17 September).
A men’s and women’s team will represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2023 European 10,000m Cup in Pacé, France on Saturday 3 June 2023.
UK Athletics’ (UKA) objective for the Cup was to select the best teams possible to achieve medals; and to provide opportunities for athletes on the pathway to GB & NI representation at future major championships.
Some eligible athletes were not available for selection due to not expressing an interest and prioritising other race plans; however, six athletes have been selected to compete in France next month.
Abbie Donnelly (coach: Rob Lewis, club: Lincoln Wellington) and Hannah Irwin (James Thie, Cambridge & Coleridge), who were both members of the bronze-medal winning team from 2022, return to the competition once again, and will be joined by Rebecca Murray (Craig Winrow, Bedford & County) in the women’s race.
In the men’s team, Thomas George (Paul-de-Camps, Birchfield Harriers), Jack Gray (Mark Vile, Cambridge & Coleridge) and Matthew Leach (Dena Evans, Bedford & County) make up the GB & NI trio.
USA-based George ran a personal best of 28:06.26 in California earlier this season and joins Gray and Leach who were separated by just three seconds at the Night of 10,000m PBs on Saturday.
Tom Craggs, the Team Leader of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team, said, “I am pleased we are providing these athletes with this important development opportunity at the European 10,000m Cup. We’ve seen some excellent performances in the event so far in 2023, and I am confident these athletes will gain great experience against strong European competition in Pacé, so they can develop for future Championships.”
The Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the European 10,000m Cup:
Women
Abbie Donnelly (Rob Lewis, Lincoln Wellington)
Hannah Irwin (James Thie, Cambridge & Coleridge)
Rebecca Murray (Craig Winrow, Bedford & County)
Men
Thomas George (Paul-de-Camps, Birchfield Harriers)
Jack Gray (Mark Vile, Cambridge & Coleridge)
Matthew Leach (Dena Evans, Bedford & County)
The Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad for the 2023 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships has been confirmed by UK Athletics, with a team of 33 heading to Innsbruck-Stubai in Austria between 7-10 June.
Several world and European medallists are among the strong British team selected for the Championships.
Rebecca Flaherty (coach: Karen Glerum, club: Bingley) – world silver medallist in the U20 up-and-down race last year – joins the junior women’s team in Austria, while Jon Albon (Isfjorden IL), who was announced last month, will compete in the men’s Short Trail race.
Individual 2022 European Off-Road Running Championships medallists Scout Adkin (Angela Mudge, Ambleside) and Eve Whitaker (Joanne Day & Jack Maitland, Harrogate) are also in the team, racing in the senior women’s and U20 women’s events respectively.
Adkin will go in the uphill only and up-and-down races at the Championships. She will be joined by Phillipa Williams (Dark Peak) in both races; the latter won bronze at the 2019 edition of the World Mountain Running Championships in the up-and-down race.
Whitaker won U20 silver at the Europeans and goes in the junior women’s up-and-down contest.
2019 European champion Jacob Adkin (Robbie Simpson, Keswick) will join Andrew Douglas (Sophie Dunnett, Inverclyde), Chris Richards (Duncan Richards, Helm Hill) and Joe Steward (Salford) in both the uphill only and up-and-down races; the same quartet selected after strong performances at the trials last weekend.
After victories at the recent Three Peaks race, Thomas Roach (self-coached, Lewes AC) and Cat Taylor (Black Coombe) have earned their maiden call-ups to the GB & NI team in the Short Trail race.
The Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the 2023 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships:
Men’s Uphill Only race
Jacob Adkin (Robbie Simpson, Keswick)
Andrew Douglas (Sophie Dunnett, Inverclyde)
Chris Richards (Duncan Richards, Helm Hill)
Joe Steward (Salford)
Women’s Uphill Only race
Scout Adkin (Angela Mudge, Ambleside)
Kate Avery (Shildon)
Phillipa Williams (Dark Peak)
Sara Willhoit (Colin Livingstone, Shrewsbury)
Men’s Up-and-Down race
Jacob Adkin (Robbie Simpson, Keswick)
Andrew Douglas (Sophie Dunnett, Inverclyde)
Chris Richards (Duncan Richards, Helm Hill)
Joe Steward (Harry Kelly, Salford)
Women’s Up-and-Down race
Scout Adkin (Angela Mudge, Ambleside)
Alice Goodall (Mark Pollard, Edinburgh UHH)
Holly Page (Lewis Walker, Carnethy)
Phillipa Williams (Dark Peak)
U20 Men’s Up-and-Down race
Ewan Busfield (Jerry Hall, Derby)
Tom Perry (Dark Peak)
Alex Poulston (Katie Hewison, Wirral)
Will Longden (Buxton)
U20 Women’s Up-and-Down race
Rebecca Flaherty (Karen Glerum, Bingley)
Amelie Lane (Sally Malir, Wharfedale)
Lauren Russell (Hannah Viner, Highgate)
Eve Whitaker (Joanne Day & Jack Maitland, Harrogate)
Long Trail Race
Men:
Owen Davies (self-coached)
George Foster (Martin Cox, Matlock)
Thomas Joly De Lotbiniere (self-coached)
Harry Jones (Martin Cox, Mynydd Du)
Women:
Meryl Cooper (David Roche, Deeside Runners)
Julia Davis (Robbie Britton, Newquay RR)
Jasmin Paris (Damien Hall, Carnethy HRC)
Fiona Pascall (Martin Cox)
Short Trail Race
Senior women
Elsey Davis (self-coached, Preston)
Catherine Taylor (Black Coombe)
Sharon Taylor (Helm Hill)
Senior men
Jon Albon (Isfjorden IL)
Alexander Chepelin (Carnethy)
Kristian Jones (Swansea)
Thomas Roach (self-coached, Lewes AC)
Keely Hodgkinson (coach: Trevor Painter, club: Leigh) will compete at the London Stadium for the very first time on Sunday 23 July 2023, having won medals at the Olympics, World and European Championships and Commonwealth Games since the event was last held in London.
The stadium will welcome the very best athletes from around the world in what will be the biggest one-day athletics spectacular of the year this summer, and Hodgkinson will line up in the women’s 800m as athletics returns to London. With tickets starting at just £23 for adults and £5 for juniors, this is your chance to see one of the leading stars of British athletics in action in the UK.
The reigning European indoor and outdoor champion was a prolific athlete on the Wanda Diamond League circuit last year, when she won three fixtures across the Series in Birmingham, Oslo and Eugene, and she will be seeking more of the same in 2023. The 21-year-old will be targeting a special performance in London, only a matter of weeks before the World Athletics Championships in Hungary.
Hodgkinson said, “I am really excited to be racing in the London Stadium for the first time in July. I have no doubt it will be an amazing experience to race in front of the huge home crowd, so I cannot wait to have the opportunity to perform on that stage in the summer.
“The Diamond League races are always competitive, and this will be one of the last important races before Budapest, so I am looking forward to a really exciting contest against a strong field in London in a few months’ time.”
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