10 to watch at the UK Athletics Indoor Champs

With national titles and places on the team for the European Indoors at stake, who will stand out in Birmingham?

This weekend’s UK Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham acts as a trial for the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul next month and will be shown live the BBC red button, iPlayer and website.

The top two athletes will be selected provided they have achieved at least one European Athletics qualifying standard.

Here are 10 of the best athletes to look out for.

Daryll Neita – her 7.05 victory over 60m in Berlin last weekend saw her just one hundredth of a second outside Dina Asher-Smith’s UK record. The two are due to clash at next week’s World Indoor Tour Final in Birmingham as well but first Neita will hope to add a national indoor title to her outdoor golds from last summer in Manchester. (Women’s 60m final is 16:45 on Saturday).

Reece Prescod – the man to beat in the men’s 60m. The 2018 European 100m silver medallist destroyed his personal best with a run of 6.49 in Berlin last weekend. He is now being coached by Marco Airale in an Italian-based group that includes Neita, Adam Gemili and Jeremiah Azu. (Men’s 60m final is 16:55 on Saturday).

Morgan Lake – the four-time British indoor champion arrives in Birmingham in the form of her life, having broken the British record outright with a leap of 1.99m in the Czech Republic recently which overtook Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s previous mark of 1.98m. (Women’s high jump final is 14:57 on Sunday).

Morgan Lake (Hustopečské skákání)

Aled Davies – the two-time Paralympic shot put champion reacquainted himself with the discus last year as he went in search of Commonwealth gold, the only major medal missing from his collection. With that ambition realised, he is making a return to shot put action for the first time since winning Paralympic gold in Tokyo and after overcoming injuries he is targeting his own F42 world indoor record of 16.14m in Birmingham. (The men’s shot put final is 12:46 on Sunday).

Holly Mills – the talented combined eventer will hope to make an impact in the pentathlon in Istanbul and this weekend she tests her ability in the sprint hurdles, shot put and long jump.

Scott Lincoln – one of the biggest favourites of the weekend to win his event, the shot putter will be hoping to get near his PB of 21.28m following a good 2022 season that saw him win Commonwealth bronze at the Alexander Stadium. (The men’s shot put…