Zharnel Hughes, Keely Hodgkinson and Dina Asher-Smith have been named in Great Britain’s team for the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
Hughes is the fastest man in the world over 100m this year and is the new British record holder over that distance and 200m.
The 28-year-old ran 9.83 seconds in New York last month to break Linford Christie’s 30-year 100m record.
He then ran the 200m in 19.73 in London on Sunday to surpass John Regis.
Hodgkinson will hope to go one better than her world silver in last year’s 800m, while Asher-Smith is included for the women’s 100m and 200m at the championships in Hungary, which begin on 19 August.
Former world champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson will continue her comeback in the heptathlon and Matthew Hudson-Smith will want to improve on last year’s world 400m bronze in Eugene.
Jemma Reekie (800m), Laura Muir (1500m), Eilish McColgan (10,000m), Jazmin Sawyers (long jump), Morgan Lake (high jump), Max Burgin (800m) and Reece Prescod (100m) have also been included.
With 50 athletes already named, the full British team will be finalised when UK Athletics (UKA) receive world rankings invitations from World Athletics.
However, some of those invitations will be rejected where athletes have not met UKA’s qualification criteria.
Some of the athletes who have not been selected are reportedly considering taking legal action against UKA.
Hurdlers Lina Nielsen and Josh Zeller, and shot putter Amelia Strickler have hit out at UKA’s selection policy, with the latter telling the Mail newspaper she is “disgusted”.
“By preventing us from going to a championships you are essentially denying us work, and that should be illegal,” Strickler, who was also not selected for the 2019 World Championships and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, told the Mail.
“It could fall under blockage of trade. This could cost people sponsorships. It’s really disgusting.
“Something does need to be done to change this system because it is just hurting so many athletes.”
UK Athletics technical director Stephen Maguire defended the selection policy, saying it was “very much based on a philosophy of challenging and ultimately winning medals”.
“The policy has been out for a while and, absolutely, when people don’t make standards or whatever, there’s probably a bit of emotion,” he added.
Great Britain and Northern Ireland team
Women
100m: Dina Asher-Smith, Imani-Lara Lansiquot, Daryll Neita
200m: Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita, Bianca Williams
400m: Victoria Ohuruogu, Ama Pipi
800m: Isabelle Boffey, Keely Hodgkinson, Jemma Reekie
1500m: Melissa Courtney-Bryant, Laura Muir, Katie Snowden
5,000m: Megan Keith, Amy-Eloise Markovc
10,000m: Eilish McColgan, Jessica Warner-Judd
3,000m steeplechase: Aimee Pratt
100m hurdles: Cindy Sember
400m hurdles: Jessie Knight
4x100m relay: Dina Asher-Smith, Alyson Bell, Imani-Lara Lansiquot, Daryll Neita, Asha Phillip, Annie Tagoe, Bianca Williams
4x400m relay: Amber Anning, Yemi Mary John, Jessie Knight, Laviai Nielsen, Victoria Ohuruogu, Ama Pipi, Nicole Yeargin
High Jump: Morgan Lake
Pole Vault: Molly Caudery
Long Jump: Jazmin Sawyers
Heptathlon: Katarina Johnson-Thompson
Marathon: Natasha Cockram
Men
100m: Eugene Amo-Dadzie, Zharnel Hughes, Reece Prescod
200m: Zharnel Hughes
400m: Matthew Hudson-Smith
800m: Max Burgin, Ben Pattison, Daniel Rowden
1500m: Elliot Giles, Neil Gourley, Josh Kerr
110m Hurdles: Tade Ojora
4x100m relay: Eugene Amo-Dadzie, Jeremiah Azu, Jona Efoloko, Adam Gemili, Zharnel Hughes, Reece Prescod
4x400m relay: Joe Brier, Lewis Davey, Charlie Dobson, Alex Haydock-Wilson, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Rio Mitcham
Discus: Lawrence Okoye
Mixed 4x400m Relay
All athletes involved in the women’s and men’s 4x400m relay squads
