British athletic team announced
Britain have announced their athletic team for the Beijing Olympics. Some final names might be added on July 19. The team includes 2004 Olympic medallists Marlon Devonish (4 by 100 meters -gold) and Kelly Sotherton (Heptathlon - bronze).
Also included silver medalist Christine Ohuruogu, Nicole Sanders, World Indoor Triple Jump champion Phillips Idowu and World Indoor 60m silver medallist Jeanette Kwayke.
World marathon record holder Paula Radcliffe still has to pass a final fitness test.
Already announced on 19 May:
Men
Marathon
Dan Robinson (Stroud & District)
Women
20k Race Walk
Johanna Jackson (Redcar)
Marathon
Paula Radcliffe (Bedford & County); Mara Yamauchi (Harrow AC); Liz Yelling (Bedford & County)
Selected on 14 July:
Men
100m
Simeon Williamson (Highgate Harriers)
200m
Marlon Devonish (Coventry Godiva); Christian Malcolm (Cardiff AAC); Alex Nelson (Sale Harriers Manchester);
400m
Martyn Rooney (Croydon Harriers); Andrew Steele (Trafford AC)*
800m
Michael Rimmer (Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton Harriers)
1500m
Andy Baddeley (Harrow AC); Tom Lancashire (Bolton Harriers)
5000m
Mo Farah (Newham & Essex)
110m Hurdles
Andrew Turner (Sale Harriers Manchester)
High Jump
Germaine Mason (unattached); Tom Parsons (Birchfield Harriers)
Pole Vault
Steve Lewis (Newham & Essex)
Long Jump
Greg Rutherford (Marshall Milton Keynes); Chris Tomlinson (Newham & Essex)
Triple Jump
Larry Achike (Shaftesbury Barnet); Nathan Douglas (Oxford City); Phillips Idowu (Belgrave Harriers);
Decathlon
Daniel Awde (Woodford Green & Essex Ladies)
4×100m
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey (Belgrave Harriers); Tyrone Edgar (Newham & Essex); Craig Pickering (Marshall Milton Keynes); Simeon Williamson (Highgate Harriers)
4×400m
Michael Bingham (unattached); Richard Buck (City of York)*; Martyn Rooney (Croydon Harriers); Andrew Steele (Trafford AC)*; Rob Tobin (Basingstoke & Mid Hants)
Women
100m
Jeanette Kwayke (Woodford Green & Essex Ladies)
200m
Emily Freeman (Wakefield Harriers)
400m
Lee McConnell (Shaftesbury Barnet); Christine Ohuruogu (Newham & Essex); Nicola Sanders (Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow)
800m
Marilyn Okoro (Shaftesbury Barnet)
1500m
Lisa Dobriskey (Ashford AC)
5000m
Jo Pavey (Exeter Harriers)
10,000m
Jo Pavey (Exeter Harriers); Kate Reed (Bristol & West)
3000m Steeplechase
Helen Clitheroe (Preston Harriers); Barbara Parker (City of Norwich AC)
400m Hurdles
Tasha Danvers (Shaftesbury Barnet)
Pole Vault
Kate Dennison (Sale Harriers Manchester)
Long Jump
Jade Johnson (Herne Hill)
Discus Throw
Philippa Roles (Swansea Harriers)
Javelin Throw
Goldie Sayers (Belgrave Harriers)
Heptathlon
Kelly Sotherton (Birchfield Harriers); Julie Hollman (Birchfield Harriers)
4×100m
Emma Ania (Shaftesbury Barnet); Montell Douglas (Blackheath & Bromley); Jeanette Kwayke (Woodford Green & Essex Ladies); Anyika Onuora (Liverpool Harriers); Laura Turner (Harrow AC)
4×400m
Lee McConnell (Shaftesbury Barnet); Christine Ohuruogu (Newham & Essex); Nicola Sanders (Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow)
Dwain Chambers should be allowed to compete in the Olympic Games, as he has served his 2 years for taking drugs. you should also punish the people who do not turn up for three blood tests
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