For 67 athletes from Great Britain & Northern Ireland, the hard work has been done, the pressure of trials or making standards has been met & injuries over come the holding camp in Busan is the next stop on the way to the IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea.
The team, announced last week is captained by 200m flying dragon, Christian Malcolm & is aiming to better the 6 medal-haul & 20 top eight finishes achieved in Berlin 2 years ago.
MEN
100m:
Harry Aikines Aryeetey (Michael Khmel) - Sutton
Dwain Chambers (self-coached) Belgrave
Marlon Devonish (Dan Pfaff) Coventry Godiva
200m:
James Ellington (John Powell) Belgrave
Christian Malcolm (Dan Pfaff) Cardiff
400m:
Martyn Rooney (Nick Dakin) - Croydon
800m:
Andrew Osagie (Craig Winrow) Harlow
Michael Rimmer (Norman Poole) - Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton
1500m:
James Shane (Martin Brown) Newham & Essex
5000m:
Mo Farah (Alberto Salazar) Newham & Essex
10000m:
Mo Farah (Alberto Salazar) Newham & Essex
110mH:
Lawrence Clarke (Malcolm Arnold) Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow
William Sharman (Malcolm Arnold) - Belgrave
Andy Turner (Lloyd Cowan) Sale
400mH:
Jack Green (Malcolm Arnold) - Kent
Dai Greene (Malcolm Arnold) Swansea
Nathan Woodward (Nick Dakin) - Tamworth
High Jump:
Martyn Bernard (Dan Pfaff)
Tom Parsons (Fuzz Ahmed) - Birchfield
Pole Vault:
Steve Lewis (Dan Pfaff) Newham & Essex
Long Jump:
Greg Rutherford (Dan Pfaff) Marshall Milton Keynes
Chris Tomlinson (Frank Attoh) Newham & Essex
Triple Jump:
Phillips Idowu (Aston Moore) - Belgrave
Discus:
Abdul Buhari (Mark Wiseman) Newham & Essex
Brett Morse Birchfield
Carl Myerscough (self-coached) Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde
4x100m:
Harry Aikines Aryeetey (Michael Khmel) Sutton
Marlon Devonish (Dan Pfaff) Coventry Godiva
James Ellington (John Powell) Belgrave
Mark Lewis-Francis (Linford Christie) - Birchfield
Christian Malcolm (Dan Pfaff) Cardiff
Craig Pickering (Michael Khmel) - Marshall Milton Keynes
Danny Talbot (Dan Cossins) - Birchfield
4x400m:
Richard Buck (Steve Fudge) City of York
Chris Clarke (Nick Dakin) Marshall Milton Keynes
Jack Green (Malcolm Arnold) - Kent
Dai Greene (Malcolm Arnold) Swansea
Luke Lennon Ford (Linford Christie) Birchfield
Nigel Levine (Simon Duberley) Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow
Martyn Rooney (Nick Dakin) Croydon
Richard Strachan (Linford Christie) Trafford
Marathon
Andrew Lemoncello (Greg McMillan) Fife - team
Lee Merrien (John Nuttall) Newham & Essex - team
Dave Webb (Bud Baldaro) Leeds City - team
WOMEN
100m:
Jeanette Kwakye (Michael Afilaka) - Woodford Green Essex Ladies
Anyika Onuora (Lloyd Cowan) - Liverpool Harriers
Laura Turner (Linford Christie) - Harrow
200m:
Anyika Onuora (Lloyd Cowan) - Liverpool Harriers
400m:
Lee McConnell (Rodger Harkins) - Shaftesbury Barnet
Christine Ohuruogu (Lloyd Cowan) (Newham & Essex)
Nicola Sanders (Tony Lester)- Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow
800m:
Emma Jackson (Alan Morris) - City of Stoke
Jenny Meadows (Trevor Painter) Wigan
Marilyn Okoro (Ayo Falola) Shaftesbury Barnet
1500m:
Lisa Dobriskey (Ricky Soos) Ashford
Hannah England (Bud Baldaro) - Oxford
5000m:
Helen Clitheroe (John Nuttall) - Preston
3000mSC:
Barbara Parker (Sean Burris) - Norwich
100mH:
Tiffany Porter (James Henry) Woodford Green Essex Ladies
400mH:
Eilidh Child (Malcolm Arnold) - Pitreavie
Perri Shakes-Drayton (Chris Zah) - Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets
Pole Vault:
Holly Bleasdale (Julien Raffalli- Ebezant) Blackburn
Kate Dennison (Scott Simpson) - Sale
Long Jump:
Shara Proctor (Rana Reider) - Birchfield
Triple Jump:
Yamile Aldama (Frank Attoh) Shaftesbury Barnet
Javelin:
Goldie Sayers (Dan Pfaff) - Belgrave
Hammer:
Sophie Hitchon (Derek Evely) Blackburn
Heptathlon:
Jessica Ennis (Toni Minichiello) Sheffield
Louise Hazel (Aston Moore) - Birchfield
20km Race Walk:
Jo Jackson (Andi Drake) Middlesbrough & Cleveland
4x100m:
Montell Douglas (Ayo Falola) Blackheath & Bromley
Jeanette Kwakye (Michael Afilaka) Woodford Green & Essex Ladies
Anyika Onuora (Lloyd Cowan) - Liverpool Harriers
Abi Oyepitan (Tony Lester) Shaftesbury Barnet
Asha Philip (Mike McFarlane) Newham & Essex
Tiffany Porter (James Henry) Woodford Green Essex Ladies
Laura Turner (Linford Christie) - Harrow
4x400m:
Eilidh Child (Malcolm Arnold) - Pitreavie
Lee McConnell (Rodger Harkins) Shaftesbury Barnet
Jenny Meadows (Trevor Painter) Wigan
Christine Ohuruogu (Lloyd Cowan) Newham & Essex
Marilyn Okoro (Ayo Falola) Shaftesbury Barnet
Nadine Okyere (Joe Caines) Birchfield
Nicola Sanders (Tony Lester) Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow
Perri Shakes-Drayton (Chris Zah) - Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets
Marathon:
Alyson Dixon (coach: Liz McColgan) Chester-le-Street- team
Susan Partridge (coach: John Montgomery) Leeds City- team
For those of you familiar visitors to my blog, you will recognise a few athletes that have been on camps to Font Romeu, Formia & the relay trips from earlier in the season, or that have been mentioned on discussion of my working days at Lee Valley.
In addition to those members of Team GB &NI, athletes that I have met on my 2011 global tour will also be looking to make their country proud for example, Lauren Fleshman qualified for Team USA with her breathtaking run in Crystal Palace & will be taking her place on the plane to South Korea.
To you all, congratulations on your selection, have a safe flight & best of luck in Asia TCB guys!!!
