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UKA MEDIA RELEASE August 8, 2011 AVIVA GB & NI TEAM FOR IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS UKA today announced defending World champions Jessica Ennis (coach: Toni Minichiello) and Phillips Idowu (Aston Moore) in a 67-strong squad as part of the Aviva Great Britain & Northern Ireland team for the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea on 27 August - 4 September. Strongly tipped medal hopes Mo Farah (Alberto Salazar) and Dai Greene (Malcolm Arnold) will also board the plane to Asia along with 2009 Berlin silver and bronze medallists Lisa Dobriskey 1500m (Ricky Soos) and Jenny Meadows 800m (Trevor Painter). Looking to follow on from their success at the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona, Commonwealth champion Andy Turner (Lloyd Cowan), Christian Malcolm (Dan Pfaff) and Chris Tomlinson (Frank Attoh) have been selected in the 110m hurdles, 200m and long jump respectively. There are a number of new faces representing the Aviva GB & NI senior outdoor team for the first time including reigning European Under-23 400m hurdles champion Jack Green (Malcolm Arnold) and European Under-23 110m hurdles bronze medallist Lawrence Clarke (Malcolm Arnold). Triple jumper YamilE8 Aldama (Frank Attoh) will compete in a Great Britain vest for the first time. Elsewhere, national champions Dwain Chambers (self coached), Goldie Sayers (Dan Pfaff) and Jeanette Kwayke (Michael Afilaka), who makes her long-awaited return to international competition after injury, are some of the key names selected for the international show-piece event. The inclusion of sprinter Marlon Devonish (Dan Pfaff) marks a record eighth appearance for the Aviva GB & NI team at a World Championship. Helen Clitheroe (John Nuttall), James Shane (Martin Brown), Perri Shakes-Drayton (Christopher Zah), Tiffany Porter (James Henry) and Holly Bleasdale (Julien Raffalli-Ebezant) are the pick of the athletes heading into the 13th World Championships in scintillating form. European indoor champion Clitheroe shaved 24 seconds off her lifetime best over 5000m at the recent Aviva London Grand Prix, while Shane clocked a personal best at the Aviva UK National Championships in the 1500m - the fastest time since Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett won their national titles. Shakes-Drayton, Porter and UK pole vault record holder Bleasdale are all ranked inside the world's top 10 this season. UKA Head Coach Charles van Commenee said: "This team has been selected to give us the best possible results at the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Daegu. I am looking to see an improvement from two years ago in Berlin, where we recorded six medals and 20 top eight finishes. "It is important to remember there is work to do before London 2012 and Daegu is another stop on the journey to make our athletes run faster, jump higher and throw further. The aim in Daegu is to get more athletes within touching distance of the podium and these World Championships are ideal preparation for what the athletes will encounter next summer and beyond." The team will be captained by European silver medallist Christian Malcolm, who made his first appearance in a British vest 15 years ago. The Welsh sprinter was pleasantly surprised by the captaincy: "This is such a great honour, I can't believe it. It is a proud moment in any sport to captain your country. "I've experienced a lot since the age of 17 and have years of top level sport behind me and you wake up and realise that you might have a lot to offer. I hope I can be there for the team to say the right thing at the right time whether they've been disappointed or fulfilled their dream, after all I've had experience of both!" The team will now prepare for the World Championships at the Aviva holding camp in Ulsan, South Korea, in the week leading up to the competition. Aviva GB & NI Team: MEN 100m: Harry Aikines Aryeetey (Michael Khmel) - Sutton Dwain Chambers (self-coached) - Belgrave Marlon Devonish (Dan Pfaff) - Coventry Godiva 200m: James Ellington (John Powell) - Belgrave Christian Malcolm (Dan Pfaff) - Cardiff 400m: Martyn Rooney (Nick Dakin) - Croydon 800m: Andrew Osagie (Craig Winrow) - Harlow Michael Rimmer (Norman Poole) - Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton 1500m: James Shane (Martin Brown) - Newham & Essex 5000m: Mo Farah (Alberto Salazar) - Newham & Essex 10000m: Mo Farah (Alberto Salazar) - Newham & Essex 110mH: Lawrence Clarke (Malcolm Arnold) - Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow William Sharman (Malcolm Arnold) - Belgrave Andy Turner (Lloyd Cowan) - Sale 400mH: Jack Green (Malcolm Arnold) - Kent Dai Greene (Malcolm Arnold) - Swansea Nathan Woodward (Nick Dakin) - Tamworth High Jump: Martyn Bernard (Dan Pfaff) Tom Parsons (Fuzz Ahmed) - Birchfield Pole Vault: Steve Lewis (Dan Pfaff) - Newham & Essex Long Jump: Greg Rutherford (Dan Pfaff) - Marshall Milton Keynes Chris Tomlinson (Frank Attoh) - Newham & Essex Triple Jump: Phillips Idowu (Aston Moore) - Belgrave Discus: Abdul Buhari (Mark Wiseman) - Newham & Essex Brett Morse - Birchfield Carl Myerscough (self-coached) - Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde 4x100m: Harry Aikines Aryeetey (Michael Khmel) - Sutton Marlon Devonish (Dan Pfaff) - Coventry Godiva James Ellington (John Powell) - Belgrave Mark Lewis-Francis (Linford Christie) - Birchfield Christian Malcolm (Dan Pfaff) - Cardiff Craig Pickering (Michael Khmel) - Marshall Milton Keynes Danny Talbot (Dan Cossins) - Birchfield 4x400m: Richard Buck (Steve Fudge) - City of York Chris Clarke (Nick Dakin) - Marshall Milton Keynes Jack Green (Malcolm Arnold) - Kent Dai Greene (Malcolm Arnold) - Swansea Luke Lennon Ford (Linford Christie) - Birchfield Nigel Levine (Simon Duberley) - Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow Martyn Rooney (Nick Dakin) - Croydon Richard Strachan (Linford Christie) - Trafford Marathon Andrew Lemoncello (Greg McMillan) Fife - team Lee Merrien (John Nuttall) Newham & Essex - team Dave Webb (Bud Baldaro) Leeds City - team WOMEN 100m: Jeanette Kwakye (Michael Afilaka) - Woodford Green Essex Ladies Anyika Onuora (Lloyd Cowan) - Liverpool Harriers Laura Turner (Linford Christie) - Harrow 200m: Anyika Onuora (Lloyd Cowan) - Liverpool Harriers 400m: Lee McConnell (Rodger Harkins) - Shaftesbury Barnet Christine Ohuruogu (Lloyd Cowan) - Newham & Essex Nicola Sanders (Tony Lester)- Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow 800m: Emma Jackson (Alan Morris) - City of Stoke Jenny Meadows (Trevor Painter) - Wigan Marilyn Okoro (Ayo Falola) - Shaftesbury Barnet 1500m: Lisa Dobriskey (Ricky Soos) - Ashford Hannah England (Bud Baldaro) - Oxford 5000m: Helen Clitheroe (John Nuttall) - Preston 3000mSC: Barbara Parker (Sean Burris) - Norwich 100mH: Tiffany Porter (James Henry) - Woodford Green Essex Ladies 400mH: Eilidh Child (Malcolm Arnold) - Pitreavie Perri Shakes-Drayton (Chris Zah) - Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets Pole Vault: Holly Bleasdale (Julien Raffalli- Ebezant) - Blackburn Kate Dennison (Scott Simpson) - Sale Long Jump: Shara Proctor (Rana Reider) - Birchfield Triple Jump: Yamile Aldama (Frank Attoh) - Shaftesbury Barnet Javelin: Goldie Sayers (Dan Pfaff) - Belgrave Hammer: Sophie Hitchon (Derek Evely) - Blackburn Heptathlon: Jessica Ennis (Toni Minichiello) - Sheffield Louise Hazel (Aston Moore) - Birchfield 20km Race Walk: Jo Jackson (Andi Drake) - Middlesbrough & Cleveland 4x100m: Montell Douglas (Ayo Falola) - Blackheath & Bromley Jeanette Kwakye (Michael Afilaka) Woodford Green & Essex Ladies Anyika Onuora (Lloyd Cowan) - Liverpool Harriers Abi Oyepitan (Tony Lester) - Shaftesbury Barnet Asha Philip (Mike McFarlane) - Newham & Essex Tiffany Porter (James Henry) - Woodford Green Essex Ladies Laura Turner (Linford Christie) - Harrow 4x400m: Eilidh Child (Malcolm Arnold) - Pitreavie Lee McConnell (Rodger Harkins) - Shaftesbury Barnet Jenny Meadows (Trevor Painter) - Wigan Christine Ohuruogu (Lloyd Cowan) - Newham & Essex Marilyn Okoro (Ayo Falola) - Shaftesbury Barnet Nadine Okyere (Joe Caines) - Birchfield Nicola Sanders (Tony Lester) - Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow Perri Shakes-Drayton (Chris Zah) - Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets Marathon: Alyson Dixon (coach: Liz McColgan) - Chester-le-Street- team Susan Partridge (coach: John Montgomery) - Leeds City- team
08/08/2011
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