The English squad line-up for this summer’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow has been announced. The headline news confirms that Mo Farah will be competing in the 5,000 and 10,000 metre events. He will be attempting to be the first athlete in history to claim a full set of championship 5,000 and 10,000 metre titles having already claimed Olympic and European Championship gold.
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Named amongst the 129 members of the England squad are Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford, heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson and RW's very own Coach columnist, Jo Pavey.
England Athletics team leader Peter Stanley is confident that the team will perform well in Glasgow. “We are delighted to be taking a team to Glasgow that contains a combination of experienced athletes who have medalled at the highest levels of competition and athletes we believe are ready to make their mark,” he said. “Seeing the form already shown this summer by athletes in the squad has been tremendous and I look forward to seeing the athletes seizing the opportunities that the Games will bring.”
Take a look at the full squad list below.
England’s 2014 Commonwealth Games squad
100m - Men Michael Bingham
100m - Men T54 Will Smith
100m - Men Richard Kilty
100m - T37 Men Daniel Hooker
100Hammer - Women Sarah Holt
100m - Women Asha Phillip
100m - Women Bianca Williams
100m - Women Bianca Williams
100m - T11/T12 Women (Guide) Ryan Henry-Asquith
200m - Men Chris Clarke
200m - Men James Ellington
200mh - Men William Sharman
200m - Women Anyika Onoura
200m - Women Bianca Williams
200m - Women Jodie Williams
400m - Women Sonia Samuels
400m - Men Nigel Levine
400Decathlon - John Lane
400m - Women Margaret Adeoye
400m - Women Shana Cox
400m - Women Kelly Massey
800m - Men Mukhtar Mohammed
800m - Men Andrew Osagie
800Heptathlon - Katarina Johnson-Thompson
800m - Women Jessica Judd
800m - Women Jennifer Meadows
800m - Men Charlie Grice
1500m - Men Lee Emanuel
1500m - Men Charlie Grice
1500m - Men Richard Peters
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1500m - Men T54 David Weir
1500m - Women Hannah England
1500Discus - Men Carl Myerscough
1500m - Men Michael Bingham
1500 - m SC -Women Pippa Woolven
1500 - Women T53/54 Lauren Rowles
1500 - Women T53/54 Rochelle (Shelly) Woods
5000m - Men Mohamed Farah
5000Long Jump - Women Shara Proctor
5000m - Men Andy Vernon
5000m - Women Helen Clitheroe
5000m - Women Emelia Gorecka
5000m - Women Jo Pavey
10,000m - Men Mohamed Farah
10,000m - Men Jonny Mellor
10,000m - Men Chris Thompson
10,000m - Women Julia Bleasdale
10,000m - Women Jo Pavey
10,000m - Women Sonia Samuels
x 400m Women Victoria Ohuruogu
Marathon - Men Nicholas Torry
Marathon - Men Steven Way
Marathon - Women Louise Damen
Marathon - Women Alyson Dixon
Marathon - Women Amy Whitehead
110mh - Men Lawrence Clarke
110mh - Men William Sharman
110mh - Men Andrew Turner
100mh - Women Tiffany Porter
100mh - Women Serita Solomon
400m - Men Chris Clarke
400mh- Men Sebastian Rodger
400mh- Men Richard Yates
400mh - Women Meghan Beesley
400mh - Women Hayley McLean
400mh - Women Ese Okoro
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3,000m SC - Men James Wilkinson
3,000m SC -Women Rachel Bamford
3,000m SC -Women Pippa Woolven
4 x 100m Men Dwain Chambers
4 x 100m Men Andy Robertson
4 Discus - Men Carl Myerscough
4 x 100m Women Louise Bloor
4 x 100m Women Hayley Jones
4 Pole Vault - Women Katie Byres
4 x 400m Men Daniel Awde
4 x 400m Men Matthew Hudson-Smith
4 m - Men Chris Thompson
4 x 400m Women Emily Diamond
4 x 400m Women Christine Ohuruogu
4 x 400m Women Victoria Ohuruogu
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High Jump - Men Martyn Bernard
m - Men Jonny Mellor
High Jump - Women Bethan Partridge
x 100m Women Hayley Jones
Pole Vault - Men Luke Cutts
Pole Vault - Men Max Eaves
Pole Vault - Men Steve Lewis
Pole Vault - Women Katie Byres
Discus - Men Carl Myerscough
Long Jump - Men JJ Jegede
Long Jump - Men Greg Rutherford
Long Jump - Men Chris Tomlinson
Long Jump - Women Shara Proctor
Long Jump - Women Jazmin Sawyers
Long Jump - Women Lorraine Ugen
Shot - Women Rachel Wallader
Long Jump - Women F37/F38 Bethany Woodward
Triple Jump - Men Nathan Douglas
Triple Jump - Men Nathan Fox
Triple Jump - Men Phillips Idowu
Triple Jump - Women Yamile Aldama
Triple Jump - Women Chioma Matthews
Triple Jump - Women Laura Samuel
Triple Jump - Men Phillips Idowu
Shot - Women Eden Francis
Shot - Women Sophie McKinna
Shot - Women Rachel Wallader
Discus - Men Carl Myerscough
Discus - Men Tom Norman
m - Women Shana Cox
Discus - Women Eden Francis
Discus - Women Jade Lally
Hammer - Men Nick Miller
Hammer - Men Alexander Smith
Hammer - Men Amir Williamson
Hammer - Women Shaunagh Brown
Hammer - Women Sophie Hitchon
Hammer - Women Sarah Holt
Javelin - Men Joe Dunderdale
Javelin - Men Benji Pearson
Decathlon - John Lane
Javelin - Women Freya Jones
Long Jump - Women Jazmin Sawyers
m - Women Jennifer Meadows
Decathlon - Ashley Bryant
Decathlon - John Lane
Heptathlon - Katarina Johnson-Thompson
m - Men Andrew Osagie
Heptathlon - Jessica Taylor
