After an intense week following a nail biting British Trials, athletes today found out their fate for the London Olympics.
For those athletes who ticked all the boxes in terms of having an A standard and a top 2 position at the Trials, they have been able to rest easy knowing their seat to the Games had been booked.
But the remaining individuals were told that the European Championships in Helsinki was the last chance to prove their form to be worthy of selection and yesterday the selection meeting took place and the team was announced today.
We are so delighted for our athlete
Michael Rimmer who has booked a spot alongside Trials winner, Andrew Osagie, and British heptathlon junior record holder
Katarina Johnson-Thompson's place was also confirmed.
However, it wasn't meant to be for
Jenny Meadows and
Steph Twell. Lynsey Sharp was solely picked for the 800m based on her win at the Trials and silver medal at the Europeans. However she does not hold an A standard which means that only she can be selected alone based on her B standard. Lisa Dobriskey, Hannah England and Laura Weightman have been picked for the 1500m.
Here is the final athletics line up for Team GB for the Olympics:
MEN
100m:Dwain Chambers, James Dasaolu, Adam Gemili
200m:James Ellington, Christian Malcolm
400m:Nigel Levine, Martyn Rooney, Conrad Williams
800m:Andrew Osagie,
Michael Rimmer
1500m:Andy Baddeley, Ross Murray
5000m:Mo Farah, Nick McCormick
10,000m:Farah, Chris Thompson
3000mSC:Stuart Stokes
110mH:Lawrence Clarke, Andrew Pozzi, Andy Turner
400mH:Jack Green,
Dai Greene, Rhys Williams
High jump:Robbie Grabarz
Pole vault:Steve Lewis
Long jump:Greg Rutherford, Chris Tomlinson
Triple jump:Phillips Idowu
Shot:Carl Myerscough
Discus:Abdul Buhari, Brett Morse, Lawrence Okoye
Hammer:Alex Smith
Javelin:Mervyn Luckwell
Decathlon:Daniel Awde
50kmW:Dominic King
4x100m:Chambers, Dasaolu, Ellington, Gemili, Mark Lewis-Francis, Malcolm, Danny Talbot, Simeon Williamson
4x400m:Richard Buck, Green,
Greene, Luke Lennon-Ford, Levine, Rooney, Rob Tobin, Williams
WOMEN
100m:Anyika Onuora, Abi Oyepitan
200m:Margaret Adeoye, Onuora, Oyepitan
400m:Shana Cox, Lee McConnell, Christine Ohuruogu
800m:Lynsey Sharp
1500m:Lisa Dobriskey, Hannah England, Laura Weightman
5000m:Julia Bleasdale, Barbara Parker, Jo Pavey
10,000m: Bleasdale, Pavey
3000mSC:Eilish McColgan, Parker
100mH: Jessica Ennis, Tiffany Porter
400mH:Eilidh Child, Perri Shakes-Drayton
Pole vault: Holly Bleasdale, Kate Dennison
Long jump:Shara Proctor
Triple jump:Yamile Aldama
Hammer:Sophie Hitchon
Javelin:Goldie Sayers
Heptathlon: Ennis, Louise Hazel,
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
20kmW:Johanna Jackson
4x400m:Child, Cox, Emily Diamond, McConnell, Ohuruogu, Nicola Sanders, Shakes-Drayton