UK Athletics has announced the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the World Athletics Relays, Guangzhou, China (10-11 May).
With the start of a new Olympic cycle heading towards LA 2028, UKA has selected squads across all relay events with the overall objective of qualifying for the World Championships in Tokyo later this year.
This competition also allows developing athletes to integrate with our senior squads and gain valuable experience in a global senior competition with a view to maintaining the form that saw the programme win medals in every relay event at the Olympics, GB & NI being the only nation to achieve a clean sweep.
This is the seventh edition of the World Athletics Relays, with nations competing in the men’s and women’s 4x100m, 4x400m, mixed relay 4x400m and a new discipline of a mixed 4x100m event.
Darren Campbell, Head of Sprints, Hurdles and Relays at UK Athletics said:
“After our brilliant achievement in Paris at the Olympic Games, I am excited for the continued success and development of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland relay teams at this Championship.
“It is great to see a team combining World and Olympic medallists alongside several developing athletes to strengthen the depth of relay runners across the GB&NI team.
“I am looking forward to the squad developing their relay skills whilst performing their very best on the world stage and looking to secure a qualification spot for the Tokyo World Championships later this year.”
The Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the World Athletics Relays, China (10-11 May):
Women
4x100m Relay
Asha Philip (Amy Deem, Newham and Essex Beagles)
Bianca Williams (Linford Christie, Thames Valley)
Amy Hunt (Marco Airale, Charnwood)
Desiree Henry (Linford Christie, Enfield & Harringey)
Nia Wedderburn-Goodison (Ryan Freckleton, Harrow)
Success Eduan (Anita Richardson, Sale Harriers Manchester)
Kissiwaa Mensah (Prince Duwai, Chelmsford)
4x400m relay
Victoria Ohuruogu (Newham and Essex Beagles)
Nicole Yeargin (Vince Anderson, Pitreavie)
Laviai Nielsen (Tony Lester, Enfield & Harringey)
Ama Pipi (Tony Lester, Enfield & Haringey)
Lina Nielsen (Tony Lester, Shaftesbury Barnet)
Hannah Kelly (Les Hall, Bolton)
Poppy Malik (Grant Barker, Harrow)
Emily Newnham (Nick Dakin, Shaftesbury Barnet)
Men
4x100m relay
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (Ryan Freckleton, Newham and Essex Beagles)
Eugene Amo-Dadzie (Steve Fudge, Woodford Green Essex Ladies)
Jona Efoloko (Ryan Freckleton, Sale Harriers Manchester)
Jeremiah Azu (Helen James, Cardiff)
Romell Glave (Michael Afilaka, Croydon)
Jeriel Quainoo (Ryan Feckleton, Blackheath and Bromley)
Joe Ferguson (Richard Kilty, Sheffield & Dearne)
4x400m relay
Alex Haydock-Wilson (Dai Greene, Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow)
Charlie Dobson (Leon Baptiste, Colchester)
Lewis Davey (Trevor Painter, Newham and Essex Beagles)
Toby Harries (David Sadkin, Brighton Pheonix)
Bailey Swift (Leon Baptiste, Northampton)
Rio Mitcham (Leon Baptiste, Birchfield Harriers)
Sam Lunt (James Wright, Wirral)
Efekemo Okoro (Felipe Siqueria, Birchfield Harriers)
The mixed r
elay events will comprise a combination of the athletes named in the squad.
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