UK Athletics has today announced the five-strong team which will head to Muscat, Oman next month for the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships.
British record holder in the 20km race walk Tom Bosworth (Andi Drake, Tonbridge), and Cameron Corbishley (Andi Drake, Medway and Maidstone) will contest the distance at the event.
Bosworth, who finished 25th in Japan last summer, was 14th at the last edition of this Championship in 2018, while Corbishley will make his debut at a World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships.
The Welsh duo of Bethan Davies (Andi Drake, Cardiff) and Heather Lewis (Martin Bell, Pembrokeshire) will line-up in the senior women’s 20km race. Lewis topped the UK rankings in 2021 following her PB of 94:13 which she set in Podebrady last May.
Over the 35km race walk distance, Dominic King (George Nibre, Colchester) will represent the British team. The new distance replaces the 50km race walk in the international programme so it will be the first time the event has taken place at these Championships.
Team Leader, Andrew Shaw, said: “We are pleased to be selecting these five athletes to compete at the Championship in Muscat. The event will provide a great opportunity for our race walkers to take on the world’s best early in the year, so we are looking forward to seeing how they perform next month.”
The British team for the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships in Muscat, Oman on 4-5 March 2022:
Senior Men 20km:
Tom Bosworth (Andi Drake, Tonbridge)
Cameron Corbishley (Andi Drake, Medway & Maidstone)
Senior Women 20km:
Bethan Davies (Andi Drake, Cardiff)
Heather Lewis (Martin Bell, Pembrokeshire)
Senior Men 35km Race
Dominic King (George Nibre, Colchester)