Sizeable squads of British athletes will hope to use these events as a stepping stone to senior success
Up-and-coming British athletes will be busy this month at the European Under-23 Championships in Bergen, Norway, from July 17-20 and the World University Games in the Rhine-Ruhr region of Germany from July 21-27.
The Diamond League in London on July 19 is likely to get most of the attention, but plenty of talented Brits will be at these two age-group championships instead.
Following the trials for the European U23 Championships, which was incorporated into the Welsh Championships late last month, a squad of 44 athletes has been picked.
They include sprinters Nia Wedderburn-Goodison, Faith Akinbileje , Yemi Mary John and Success Eden; 400m hurdler Emily Newnham; middle-distance runners Abi Ives, Ava Lloyd and Will Barnicoat; and combined eventers Abi Pawlett and Sammy Ball.
Men: 100m: Micheal Onilogbo (Newham & Essex Beagles); 200m: Jeriel Quainoo (Blackheath & Bromley); 400m: Brodie Young (Airdrie); 800m: Henry Jonas (City of Norwich), Justin Davies (Team Bath), David Race (Gateshead); 1500m: Thomas Bridger (Cambridge), Ryan Martin (Falkirk); 5000m: Will Barnicoat (Aldershot, Farnham & District), Ed Bird (Poole AC), James Dargan (Aldershot, Farnham & District); 10,000m: Johnny Livingstone (Exeter), Dafydd Jones (Swansea); 110m hurdles: Daniel Goriola (Blackheath and Bromley); 400m hurdles: Harry Barton (Wells City): Jake Minshull (Coventry); Long jump: Archie Yeo (Kingston Upon Hull); High jump: Kimani Jack (Shaftesbury Barnet); Shot: Piers Cameron (Birchfield Harriers); Decathlon: Sammy Ball (Rafer Joseph, Reading AC); 4×400m: Brook Cronin (Walton), Thomas Hockely (Harrow)
Women: 100m: Nia Wedderburn-Goodison (Harrow), Faith Akinbileje (Blackheath and Bromley); 200m: Success Eduan (Sale Harriers Manchester), Alyson Bell (Glasgow Jaguars), Kissiwaa Mensah (Chelmsford); 400m: Yemi Mary John (Woodford Green with Essex Ladies), Poppy Malik (Harrow), Rebecca Grieve (Woodford Green with Essex Ladies); 800m: Abi Ives (Basildon); 1500m: Ava Lloyd (Wigan & District), Mena Scatchard (Leeds City); 10,000m: Jasmine Trott (Rothwell), Jasmine Wood; 400m hurdles: Emily Newnham (Shaftesbury Barnet); 3000m steeplechase: Emily Parker (Poole AC); Long Jump: Georgina Scoot (Torbay); Pole vault: Gemma Tutton (Lewes); Discus: Zara Obamakinwa (Blackheath & Bromley); Javelin: Elizabeth Korczak (Brighton & Hove);…
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