World champions Josh Kerr and Katarina Johnson-Thompson lead Team GB's athletics medal hopes for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Olympic 1500m bronze medallist Josh Kerr won his first global title at last year's World ChampionshipWorld champions Josh Kerr and Katarina Johnson-Thompson will head Team GB's Olympic athletics medal hopes after being confirmed in the squad for Paris 2024.
Former world 1500m champion Jake Wightman is included in the 800m despite missing the trials through injury and 10,000m runner Eilish McColgan also makes the team following a battle to prove her fitness. Johnson-Thompson will attempt to dethrone two-time Olympic heptathlon gold medallist Nafi Thiam, with the Briton buoyed by winning her second world title last summer.
The 21-year-old sprinter might look to the example of world 800m bronze medallist Ben Pattison, who reached the podium on his debut at a global championships and is also included in the team for Paris.Hughes, who last year achieved a breakthrough individual global medal, will contest both the 100m and 200m events after overcoming a hamstring injury, as will European women’s 100m champion Asher-Smith and 200m silver medallist Neita.
Wightman, like Hughes, was granted a medical exemption from the trials with a minor calf injury but must settle for an 800m place, while McColgan was deemed to have proven her potential since returning from a long-term injury lay-off despite missing the 10,000m trials at Highgate in May.
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