Men's shot put medallists Joe Kovacs, Ryan Crouser and Josh Awotunde at the World Athletics Championships (© Getty Images)
Ten world champions from last year’s event in Oregon will return to compete for the US team at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 between 19-27 August.
Valarie Allman, Brooke Andersen, Ryan Crouser, Chase Ealey, Grant Holloway, Fred Kerley, Noah Lyles, Katie Moon, Athing Mu and Michael Norman will defend their titles when they form part of the 139-strong squad in Budapest. USA topped the medal table at the last edition of the championships on home soil and 82 athletes from that team are back on the world stage, including 23 individual medallists.
The squad boasts four athletes in 10 of the disciplines, thanks to wild card places. Those disciplines include the men’s shot put, in which all three medallists from Oregon return, as well as the men’s 100m, 200m, 400m and 110m hurdles, plus the women’s 800m, pole vault, shot put, discus and hammer.
Lyles, who is the 200m world leader with his time of 19.47 from July, is entered for the 100m and 200m, as is Sha'Carri Richardson in the women’s events. World 400m hurdles record-holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has chosen to focus on the 400m flat.
USA team for Budapest
WOMEN
100m: Brittany Brown, Tamari Davis, Sha'Carri Richardson
200m: Sha'Carri Richardson, Gabby Thomas, Kayla White
400m: Talitha Diggs, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Britton Wilson
800m: Nia Akins, Kaela Edwards, Athing Mu, Raevyn Rogers
1500m: Nikki Hiltz, Sinclaire Johnson, Cory McGee
5000m: Elise Cranny, Alicia Monson, Natosha Rogers
10,000m: Elise Cranny, Alicia Monson, Natosha Rogers
Marathon: Keira D'Amato, Lindsay Flanagan, Susanna Sullivan
3000m steeplechase: Emma Coburn, Krissy Gear, Courtney Wayment
100m hurdles: Nia Ali, Keni Harrison, Masai Russell
400m hurdles: Anna Cockrell, Shamier Little, Dalilah Muhammad
Heptathlon: Taliyah Brooks, Anna Hall, Chari Hawkins
High jump: Vashti Cunningham
Pole vault: Hana Moll, Katie Moon, Sandi Morris, Bridget Williams
Long jump: Quanesha Burks, Tara Davis-Woodhall, Jasmine Moore
Triple jump: Tori Franklin, Jasmine Moore, Keturah Orji
Shot put: Adelaide Aquilla, Jalani Davis, Chase Ealey, Maggie Ewen
Discus: Valarie Allman, Elena Bruckner, Veronica Fraley, Lagi Tausaga-Collins
Hammer: Brooke Andersen, Janee’ Kassanavoid, DeAnna Price, Jillian Shippee
Javelin: Ariana Ince, Maggie Malone
35km race walk: Stephanie Casey, Miranda Melville, Maria Michta-Coffey
4x100m: Tamara Clark, Melissa Jefferson, Twanisha Terry (plus athletes named in individual sprints)
4x400m: Makenzie Dunmore, Rosey Effiong, Quanera Hayes, Alexis Holmes, Lynna Irby-Jackson (plus athletes named in individual sprints)
MEN
100m: Cravont Charleston, Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley, Noah Lyles
200m: Kenny Bednarek, Erriyon Knighton, Courtney Lindsey, Noah Lyles
400m: Bryce Deadmon, Quincy Hall, Michael Norman, Vernon Norwood
800m: Isaiah Harris, Bryce Hoppel, Clayton Murphy
1500m: Cole Hocker, Yared Nuguse, Joe Waskom
5000m: Paul Chelimo, Sean McGorty, Abdihamid Nur
10,000m: Woody Kincaid, Joe Klecker, Sean McGorty
Marathon: Elkanah Kibet, Nico Montanez, Zach Panning
3000m steeplechase: Benard Keter, Kenneth Rooks, Isaac Updike
110m hurdles: Freddie Crittenden, Grant Holloway, Daniel Roberts, Cordell Tinch
400m hurdles: CJ Allen, Trevor Bassitt, Rai Benjamin
Decathlon: Kyle Garland, Harrison Williams, Zach Ziemek
High jump: JuVaughn Harrison, Shelby McEwen, Vernon Turner
Pole vault: Zach Bradford, Chris Nilsen, Zach McWhorter
Long jump: Marquis Dendy, Jarrion Lawson, Steffin McCarter
Triple jump: Chris Benard, Will Claye, Donald Scott
Shot put: Josh Awotunde, Ryan Crouser, Joe Kovacs, Payton Otterdahl
Discus: Sam Mattis, Turner Washington, Brian Williams
Hammer: Daniel Haugh, Rudy Winkler, Alex Young
Javelin: Ethan Dabbs, Ethan Dabbs, Capers Williamson
4x100m: Brandon Carnes, JT Smith, Kendal Williams (plus athletes named in individual sprints)
4x400m: Chris Bailey, Matthew Boling, Justin Robinson, Ryan Willie (plus athletes named in individual sprints)
Mixed 4x400m: athletes drawn from women’s and men’s 4x400m pools