Zharnel Hughes at the World Athletics Championships (© Getty Images)
World leaders Zharnel Hughes and Keely Hodgkinson will look to maintain their strong form when they compete at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 between 19-27 August.
The national record-holders form part of the 55-strong Great Britain and Northern Ireland team named for the event. Hughes has improved the British 100m and 200m records to 9.83 and 19.73 respectively this season and will contest both of those disciplines in Budapest. The world 100m leader is also included in the 4x100m squad. Hodgkinson improved her own national 800m record to a world-leading 1:55.77 in June and will head to Budapest on the hunt for another medal after her silver in Oregon last year.
Laura Muir and Morgan Lake have also set national records in 2023 and join them on the team, as do global medallists Dina Asher-Smith, Holly Bradshaw, Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Matthew Hudson-Smith.
Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for Budapest
WOMEN
100m: Dina Asher-Smith, Imani-Lara Lansiquot, Daryll Neita
200m: Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita, Bianca Williams
400m: Victoria Ohuruogu, Ama Pipi
800m: Isabelle Boffey, Keely Hodgkinson, Jemma Reekie
1500m: Melissa Courtney-Bryant, Laura Muir, Katie Snowden
5000m: Megan Keith, Amy-Eloise Markovc
10,000m: Eilish McColgan, Jessica Warner-Judd
Marathon: Natasha Cockram
3000m steeplechase: Aimee Pratt
100m hurdles: Cindy Sember
400m hurdles: Jessie Knight
Heptathlon: Katarina Johnson-Thompson
High jump: Morgan Lake
Pole vault: Holly Bradshaw, Molly Caudery
Long jump: Jazmin Sawyers
Hammer: Charlotte Payne, Anna Purchase
4x100m: Dina Asher-Smith, Alyson Bell, Imani-Lara Lansiquot, Daryll Neita, Asha Phillip, Annie Tagoe, Bianca Williams
4x400m: Amber Anning, Yemi Mary John, Jessie Knight, Laviai Nielsen, Victoria Ohuruogu, Ama Pipi, Nicole Yeargin
MEN
100m: Eugene Amo-Dadzie, Zharnel Hughes, Reece Prescod
200m: Zharnel Hughes
400m: Matthew Hudson-Smith
800m: Max Burgin, Ben Pattison, Daniel Rowden
1500m: Elliot Giles, Neil Gourley, Josh Kerr
110m hurdles: Tade Ojora
Shot put: Scott Lincoln
Discus: Lawrence Okoye
4x100m: Eugene Amo-Dadzie, Jeremiah Azu, Jona Efoloko, Adam Gemili, Zharnel Hughes, Reece Prescod
4x400m: Joe Brier, Lewis Davey, Charlie Dobson, Alex Haydock-Wilson, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Rio Mitcham
Mixed 4x400m: athletes drawn from women’s and men’s 4x400m pools
