A Nice Britain & NI crew of 13 athletes are set to compete in Nanjing, China, from March 21-23
George Mills and Molly Caudery are a part of a small however sturdy British crew that can compete at this 12 months’s World Indoor Championships (March 21-23).
The pair will possible be medal contenders in Nanjing, with Mills securing silver over 3000m on the European Indoors and Caudery being the reigning world indoor pole vault champion.
Mills positioned second behind Jakob Ingebrigtsen in Apeldoorn however can even go up in opposition to a few of East Africa’s finest athletes in China.
Caudery determined to overlook the European Indoors as she was nursing a small calf harm, however the Brit will probably be hoping to retain her title in a number of weeks.
Numerous medallists from the European Indoors are additionally within the crew, together with Jeremiah Azu, Andy Robertson and Revée Walcott-Nolan.
Azu and Robertson claimed respective gold and bronze medals within the 60m, clocking 6.49 and 6.55 in Apeldoorn.
It’s was the primary time that Britain had two European indoor males’s 60m medallists since Jason Gardener (gold) and Craig Pickering (silver) in 2007.
Walcott-Nolan secured the primary senior main championships medal of her profession with bronze within the 1500m, narrowly edging out Georgia Hunter Bell for the final spot on the rostrum.
Hunter Bell, who positioned fourth however led a big a part of the European indoor 1500m remaining, can be a part of the GB squad for Nanjing.
Amy Hunt travels to China off the again of a sixth place end within the 60m remaining, plus a private finest of seven.09 that she clocked within the semi-finals.
Amber Anning (Getty)
Amber Anning, who was a part of the ladies’s 4x400m crew that claimed silver within the Netherlands, will look to medal within the particular person 400m on the World Indoors, off the again of being disqualified in Apeldoorn.
Innes FitzGerald made her senior debut for Nice Britain on the European Indoors and her place in Nanjing continues to be topic to reaching a place on the rankings.
Adam Fogg and Neil Gourley, who competed within the 1500m in Apeldoorn, are additionally scheduled to fly to China. Scott Lincoln was simply two centimetres off shot put bronze on the European Indoors and completes the world indoor crew.
Scott Lincoln (Getty)
Full GB & NI crew for the World Indoors:
Amy Hunt (60m)
Amber Anning (400m)
Georgia Hunter Bell (1500m)
Revee Walcott-Nolan (1500m)
Innes FitzGerald* (3000m) *topic to reaching Highway to Nanjing rating place.
Molly Caudery (Pole Vault)
Funminiyi Olajide (Lengthy leap)
Jeremiah Azu (60m)
Andy Robertson (60m)
Adam Fogg (1500m)
Neil Gourley (1500m)
George Mills (3000m)
Scott Lincoln (Shot put)
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