Selection of British Olympic Athletics team begins
2008-07-15来源:
(BEIJING, July 15) -- The British Olympic Association (BOA) compiled a draft selection of Athletics members for its Beijing Olympic team on Monday, according to the BOA official website.Candidates include Phillips Idowu, Triple Jump gold medalist at the 2008 International Association of Athletics Federations ( IAAF) World Indoor Championships in Valencia, Spain; Christine Ohuruogu and Nicola Sanders, 400m gold and silver medalists, respectively, at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka; Marlon Devonish, 4x100m relay gold medalist in the 2004 Athens Games; and Kelly Sotherton, Heptathlon bronze medalist in the 2004 Athens Games and silver medalist at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships.The selection of team members will be finalized on Saturday, July 19.The athletes in the draft selection are:MEN100mSimeon Williamson (Highgate Harriers)200mMarlon Devonish (Coventry Godiva); Christian Malcolm (Cardiff AAC); Alex Nelson (Sale Harriers Manchester);400mMartyn Rooney (Croydon Harriers); Andrew Steele (Trafford AC)*800mMichael Rimmer (Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton Harriers)1,500mAndy Baddeley (Harrow AC); Tom Lancashire (Bolton Harriers)5,000mMo Farah (Newham & Essex)110m hurdlesAndrew Turner (Sale Harriers Manchester)High JumpGermaine Mason (unattached); Tom Parsons (Birchfield Harriers)Pole VaultSteve Lewis (Newham & Essex)Long JumpGreg Rutherford (Marshall Milton Keynes); Chris Tomlinson (Newham & Essex)Triple JumpLarry Achike (Shaftesbury Barnet); Nathan Douglas (Oxford City); Phillips Idowu (Belgrave Harriers);DecathlonDaniel Awde (Woodford Green & Essex Ladies)4x100mHarry Aikines-Aryeety (Belgrave Harriers); Tyrone Edgar (Newham & Essex); Craig Pickering (Marshall Milton Keynes); Simeon Williamson (Highgate Harriers)4x400mMichael Bingham (unattached); Richard Buck (City of York)*; Martyn Rooney (Croydon Harriers); Andrew Steele (Trafford AC)*; Rob Tobin (Basingstoke & Mid Hants)WOMEN100mJeanette Kwayke (Woodford Green & Essex Ladies)200mEmily Freeman (Wakefield Harriers)400mLee McConnell (Shaftesbury Barnet); Christine Ohuruogu (Newham & Essex); Nicola Sanders (Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow)800mMarilyn Okoro (Shaftesbury Barnet)1,500mLisa Dobriskey (Ashford AC)5,000mJo Pavey (Exeter Harriers)10,000mJo Pavey (Exeter Harriers)Kate Reed (Bristol & West)3,000m steeple chaseHelen Clitheroe (Preston Harriers); Barbara Parker (City of Norwich AC)400m hurdlesTasha Danvers (Shaftesbury Barnet)Pole VaultKate Dennison (Sale Harriers Manchester)Long JumpJade Johnson (Herne Hill)DiscusPhilippa Roles (Swansea Harriers)JavelinGoldie Sayers (Belgrave Harriers)HeptathlonKelly Sotherton (Birchfield Harriers); Julie Hollman (Birchfield Harriers)4x100mEmma Ania (Shaftesbury Barnet); Montell Douglas (Blackheath & Bromley); Jeanette Kwayke (Woodford Green & Essex Ladies); Anyika Onuora (Liverpool Harriers); Laura Turner (Harrow AC)4x400mLee McConnell (Shaftesbury Barnet); Christine Ohuruogu (Newham & Essex); Nicola Sanders (Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow)