TEAM ENGLAND SELECT HEAVY TEAM FOR THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN APRIL 2018

Team England selections for Commonwealth Games

Adam Gemili, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Greg Rutherford and Dina Asher-Smith are among the 75 names announced for Team England’s athletics squad for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. The team, which consists of England’s top athletes, already has 18 Commonwealth medals and 46 Commonwealth Games appearances between them, while a number of the chosen athletes will be competing at their very first multi-sport Games.

Commonwealth 100m silver medallist and European 200m champion, Adam Gemili, said, “It’s such a proud moment for me to be selected to compete at my second Commonwealth Games. Winning two silver medals in Glasgow 2014 was an incredible experience for me and I’m really excited to get back out there.

“The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games was a fantastic event. It was the first time I won a senior international medal so it’s great to be going back to where it all started. I’m looking forward to competing for Team England again and can’t wait to get out to Australia.”

British 100m and 200m record holder, Dina Asher-Smith, said, “Being selected to compete for Team England is so special and having had an amazing experience at the Commonwealth Youth Games in 2011 I’m excited to be racing on that stage again.

“I won two gold medals at that Youth Games and so adding a senior medal on the Gold Coast is now the goal.”

World and European indoor medallist, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, had to withdraw from Glasgow 2014 but is looking forward to her first Commonwealth Games. She said:

“It’s always a great feeling to represent your country on the international stage and I’m really excited to get to compete for Team England. Every international I do, I feel more prepared and each one motivates me more to be the best I can be.

“I was so gutted to get an injury just before Glasgow 2014 and miss out so I’m really looking forward to competing at my first Commonwealth Games in Australia next year.”

Team England will send a team of around 600 athletes and staff in what will be England’s largest ever team to represent the nation in an overseas sporting event. The team will compete in 18 sports, including 38 para medal events.

Sarah Winckless, Chef de Mission for Commonwealth Games England, said, “We’re incredibly proud to be announcing such a strong athletics team for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. We’re putting forward some of the best athletes in the world and we’re confident that we will be sending the most prepared English team to Australia next April.

“We look forward to the high-level of competition the Commonwealth Games will provide and with our excellent team of staff focussingtheir efforts to ensure that when we get out there, Team England will have everything set up for a world-class performance environment.”

Team England Athletics Team Leader Martin Rush said, “We at England Athletics are delighted to be sending this team to the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. The team is a real blend of experience and youth, featuring a number of athletes who performed well at last summer’s IAAF World Championships, as well as some who are making their senior international championships debuts.

“With just 75 places available, selection was always going to be a difficult task given the number of high-performing English athletes, but we are happy that we are taking a team that will be ready to perform at their best in Australia.”

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The team announced today is as follows:

Men

Adam Gemili – 100m + relay – Club: Blackheath & Bromley Harriers AC, Coach: Rana Reider

Adam Hague – Pole Vault – Club: Sheffield & Dearne AC, Coach: Trevor Fox

Andrew Osagie – 800m – Club: Harlow AC, Coach: Mark Rowland

Andy Pozzi – 110m Hurdles – Club: Stratford-upon-Avon AC, Coach: Benke Blomkvist

Andy Vernon – 10,000m – Club: Aldershot, Farnham & District AC, Coach: Nic Bideau

Ashley Bryant – Decathlon – Club: Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow AC, Coach: Aston Moore

Ben Williams – Triple Jump – Club: Sale Harriers Manchester, Coach: John Crotty

Callum Wilkinson – 20k Race Walk – Club: Enfield & Haringey

Charlie Grice – 1500m – Club: Brighton Phoenix, Coach: Jon Bigg

Chris Baker – High Jump – Club: Sale Harriers Manchester, Coach: Sharon Heveran

Dan Bramble – Long Jump – Club: Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers, Coach: Frank Attoh

Danny Talbot – 200m + relay – Club: Birchfield Harriers, Coach: Benke Blomkvist

Dave King – 110m Hurdles – Club: City of Plymouth AC, Coach: James Hillier

Dwayne Cowan – 4×400 relay – Club: Hercules Wimbledon AC, Coach: Lloyd Cowan

Elliot Giles – 800m – Club: Birchfield Harriers, Coach: Jon Bigg

George Caddick – 4×400 relay – Club: Sale Harriers Manchester, Coach: Clyde Hart

Greg Rutherford – Long Jump – Club: Marshall Milton Keynes AC, Coach: Dan Pfaff

Harry Aikines-Aryeetey – 4×100 relay – Club: Sutton & District AC, Coach: Benke Blomkvist

Jack Green – 400m Hurdles – Club: Kent AC, Coach: Self

James Dasaolu – 100m + relay – Club: Croydon Harriers, Coach: Lloyd Cowan

John Lane – Decathlon – Club: Sheffield & Dearne AC, Coach: Antonio Minichiello

Kyle Langford – 800m – Club: Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers, Coach: Jon Bigg

Luke Cutts – Pole Vault – Club: Sheffield & Dearne AC, Coach: Trevor Fox

Martyn Rooney – 4×400 relay – Club: Croydon Harriers, Coach: Graham Hedman

Matthew Hudson-Smith – 400m + relay – Club: Birchfield Harriers, Coach: Lance Brauman

Nathan Douglas – Triple Jump – Club: Oxford City AC, Coach: Aston Moore

Nathan Fox – Triple Jump – Club: Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers, Coach: Tosin Oke

Nathaneel Mitchell-Blake – 200m + relay – Club: Newham & Essex Beagles AC, Coach: Dennis Shaver

Nick Miller – Hammer – Club: Border Harriers, Coach: Tore Gustafsson

Rabah Yousif – 4×400 relay – Club: Newham & Essex Beagles AC, Coach: Carol Williams

Robbie Grabarz – High Jump – Club: Newham & Essex Beagles AC, Coach: Fuzz Caan

Taylor Campbell – Hammer – Club: Sheffield & Dearne AC, Coach: John Pearson

Tom Bosworth – 20k Race Walk – Club: Tonbridge AC, Coach: Andi Drake

Tom Gale – High Jump – Club: Team Bath AC, Coach: Denis Doyle

Zharnel Hughes – 200m + relay – Club: Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers, Coach: Patrick Dawson

Women

Adelle Tracey – 800m – Club: Guildford & Godalming , Coach: Craig Winrow

Alyson Dixon – Marathon – Club: Sunderland Strollers, Coach: Self

Amelia Strickler – Shotput – Club: Thames Valley Harriers

Anyika Onuora – 4×400 relay – Club: Liverpool Harriers, Coach: Rana Reider

Asha Philip – 100m + relay – Club: Newham & Essex Beagles, Coach: Steve Fudge

Ashleigh Nelson – 4×100 relay – Club: City of Stoke AC, Coach: Michael Afilaka

Bethan Partridge – High Jump – Club: Birchfield Harriers, Coach: Fuzz Caan

Bianca Williams – 200m + relay – Club: Enfield & Haringey, Coach: Lloyd Cowan

Cheriece Hylton – 4×400 relay – Club: Blackheath & Bromley Harriers AC, Coach: Ryan Freckleton

Corinne Humphreys – 4×100 relay – Club: Orion Harriers, Coach: Darren Braithwaite

Desiree Henry – 100m + relay – Club: Enfield & Haringey AC, Coach: Rana Reider

Dina Asher-Smith – 200m + relay – Club: Blackheath & Bromley Harriers AC, Coach: John Blackie

Emily Diamond – 4×400 relay – Club: Bristol & West AC, Coach: Jared Deacon

Finette Agyapong – 4×400 relay – Club: Newham & Essex Beagles AC, Coach: Coral Nourrice

Gemma Bridge – 20k Race Walk – Club: Oxford City AC, Coach: Mark Wall

Holly Bradshaw – Pole Vault – Club: Blackburn Harriers & AC, Coach: Scott Simpson

Iona Lake – 3,000m Steeple – Club: City of Norwich AC, Coach: Pauline Ash

Jade Lally – Discus – Club: Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers, Coach: Andrew Neal

Jazmin Sawyers – Long Jump – Club: City of Stoke AC

Jessica Judd – 1500m – Club: Chelmsford AC, Coach: Mick Judd

Katarina Johnson-Thompson – Heptathlon – Club: Liverpool Harriers

Katie Snowden – 1500m – Club: Herne Hill Harriers, Coach: Rob Denmark

Katie Stainton – Heptathlon – Club: Birchfield Harriers, Coach: Kelly Sotherton

Laura Weightman – 5,000m – Club: Morpeth Harriers

Lorraine Ugen – Long Jump – Club: Thames Valley Harriers, Coach: Shawn Jackson

Lucy Bryan – Pole Vault – Club: Bristol & West AC, Coach: Alan Richardson

Margaret Adeoye – 4×400 relay – Club: Enfield & Haringey, Coach: Linford Christie

Meghan Beesley – 400m Hurdles – Club: Birchfield Harriers, Coach: Michael Baker

Molly Caudery – Pole Vault – Club: Cornwall AC, Coach: Stuart Caudery

Morgan Lake – High Jump – Club: Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow AC, Coach: Aston Moore

Niamh Emerson – Heptathlon – Club: Amber Valley & Erewash AC, Coach: David Feeney

Perri Shakes-Drayton – 4×400 relay – Club: Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets AC, Coach: Chris Zah

Rachel Wallader – Shotput – Club: Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow AC, Coach: Richard Woodhall

Rosie Clarke – 3,000m – Club: Epsom & Ewell Harriers, Coach: David Harmer

Sarah McDonald – 1500m – Club: Birchfield Harriers, Coach: David Harmer

Shara Proctor – Long Jump – Club: Birchfield Harriers, Coach: Rana Reider

Shelayna Oskan-Clarke – 800m – Club: Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow AC, Coach: Jon Bigg

Sonia Samuels – Marathon – Club: Sale Harriers Manchester, Coach: Self

Sophie Hitchon – Hammer – Club: Blackburn Harriers & AC, Coach: Tore Gustafsson

Tiffany Porter – 100m Hurdles – Club: Woodford Green AC with Essex Ladies