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Muir in record GB squad for European Indoor Championships in Glasgow

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British Athletics have named a record-equalling 48 athletes for the European Indoor Championships in Glasgow.Double European indoor champion Laura Muir, sprinter Asha Philip and hurdler Andrew Pozzi will all be defending their titles from Belgrade in 2017.

Pole vaulter Holly Bradshaw and heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson are among five former European indoor champions in the squad.
The event from March 1-3 will be broadcast live on the BBC.

Muir, who broke the British record to win the indoor mile in Birmingham on Saturday, will attempt to defend her 1500m and 3,000m titles, while Pozzi’s inclusion is subject to proving his fitness.

Two other medallists from Belgrade two years ago are included in the team – middle-distance runners Eilish McColgan and Shelayna Oskan-Clarke.Glasgow is the last major championships before the World Championships in Doha later in the year.

There will be a record nine Scottish athletes on the British team. including the nation’s most decorated track-and-field athlete Eilidh Doyle and European indoor 1500m bronze medallist Chris O’Hare, who is making the step up to 3,000m.

For the second successive major championships there are more women (26) than men (22) selected, while there are 10 athletes set to make their major senior international debut, including Joe Reid, who is also the first athlete from the Isle of Man to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland at a major international championships.

British Athletics’ performance director Neil Black said: “Competition for places has been fierce.”With the 2019 World Championships and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games drawing ever closer, Glasgow is a great opportunity for our athletes to defend titles, win medals and show their quality on a major international stage.”

GB men:

60m: Ojie Edoburun
400m: Cameron Chalmers, Alex Haydock-Wilson, Owen Smith
800m: Guy Learmonth, Joe Reid, Jamie Webb
1500m: Robbie Fitzgibbon, Elliot Giles, Neil Gourley
3000m: Andrew Butchart, Charlie Grice, Chris O’Hare
60m Hurdles: David King, Andrew Pozzi
High Jump: Chris Baker
Long Jump: Feron Sayers
Triple Jump: Nathan Douglas, Julian Reid
4x400m Relay: Joe Brier, Cameron Chalmers, Alex Haydock-Wilson, Owen Smith, Thomas Somers
Heptathlon: Tim Duckworth

GB women:

60m: Kristal Awuah, Rachel Miller, Asha Philip
400m: Amber Anning, Zoey Clark, Eilidh Doyle
800m: Shelayna Oskan-Clarke, Mari Smith, Adelle Tracey
1500m: Sarah McDonald, Laura Muir, Jemma Reekie
3000m: Melissa Courtney, Eilish McColgan, Laura Muir
High Jump: Morgan Lake
Pole Vault: Holly Bradshaw
Long Jump: Abigail Irozuru, Jazmin Sawyers, Jahisha Thomas
Triple Jump: Naomi Ogbeta
Shot Put: Sophie McKinna, Amelia Strickler
4x400m Relay: Amber Anning, Zoe Clark, Eilidh Doyle, Phillipa Lowe, Laviai Nielsen
Heptathlon: Katarina Johnson-Thompson


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