ATHLETICS: Chalmers picked for European Championships

Tuesday 28 May 2024

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Alastair Chalmers has been named in the GB & Northern Ireland team for the European Athletics Championships in Rome.

The championships, which are staged between 7 and 12 June, will also be a chance for the 400m hurdler to make a bid at Olympic qualification.

UK Athletics has announced a 70-string team for the Europeans, including reigning 2023 World Heptathlon Champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson, World Silver medallists Keely Hodgkinson and Matthew Hudson-Smith, and World 100m Bronze medallist Zharnel Hughes.

Chalmers, the 2022 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist, has run 49.10 this season, quicker than he achieved all of last year, but shy of his 48.88s best.

The Olympic standard is 48.70.

Head Coach Paula Dunn said: “I am really pleased with the team we have announced today that will compete in the European Athletics Championships. 

“It is incredibly strong with a high number of athletes feeling that Rome will form an important part of their preparations for Paris.

“For some athletes, winning a medal in Rome will be the perfect preparation for the Olympics, for others competing here will provide a benchmark as to where they are knowing that their peak performance needs to come at the start of August.

“There is also a good blend of athletes who can use this championship to step up and fuel their aims of qualifying for Paris and onto Tokyo World Championships in 2025.”

The Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the European Athletics Championships Rome 2024: 

Women

100m

Dina Asher-Smith (Edrick Floréal, Blackheath & Bromley)

Imani-Lara Lansiquot (Ryan Freckleton, Sutton & District)

Daryll Neita (Marco Airale, Cambridge Harriers)

200m

Daryll Neita (Marco Airale, Cambridge Harriers)

400m

Laviai Nielsen (Tony Lester, Enfield & Haringey)

Victoria Ohuruogu (Newham & Essex Beagles)

800m

Alex Bell (Andrew Henderson, Leeds)

Keely Hodgkinson (Trevor Painter, Leigh)

Erin Wallace (Trevor Painter, Giffnock North)

1500m

Georgia Bell (Trevor Painter, Belgrave)

Jemma Reekie (Jon Bigg, Kilbarchan)

Katie Snowden (Stephen Haas, Herne Hill)

5000m

Izzy Fry (Sonia McGeorge, Newbury)

Amy-Eloise Neale (Rob Denmark, Wakefield)

Hannah Nuttall (Helen Clitheroe, Charnwood)

10000m

Megan Keith (Ross Cairns, Inverness)

Eilish McColgan (Liz Nuttall, Dundee Hawkhill)

Jessica Warner-Judd (Mick Judd, Blackburn)

100mH

Cindy Sember (Chris Johnson, Woodford Green Essex Ladies)

400mH

Jessie Knight (Marina Armstrong, Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow)

Lina Nielsen (Tony Lester, Shaftesbury Barnet)

3000m SC

Lizzie Bird (Pat McCurry, Shaftesbury Barnet)

Pole Vault

Holly Bradshaw (Kate Rooney, Blackburn)

Molly Caudery (Scott Simpson, Thames Valley)

High Jump

Morgan Lake (Robbie Grabarz, Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow)

Hammer

Charlotte Payne (Paul Dickenson, Reading)

Anna Purchase (Mohamed Ali Saatara, Notts)

Heptathlon

Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Aston Moore, Liverpool)

Jade O’Dowda (John Lane, Newham & Essex Beagles) – selection subject to confirmation of Road To Rome rankings eligibility.

4 x 100m

Dina Asher-Smith (Edrick Floréal, Blackheath & Bromley)

Desiree Henry (Steve Fudge, Enfield & Haringey)

Amy Hunt (Marco Airale, Charnwood)

Imani-Lara Lansiquot (Ryan Freckleton, Sutton & District)

Daryll Neita (Marco Airale, Cambridge Harriers)

Asha Phillip (Amy Deem, Newham and Essex Beagles)

Mixed 4x400m – In addition to athletes selected for Men’s 4x400m 

Hannah Kelly (Les Hall, Bolton)

Emily Newnham (Nick Dakin, Shaftesbury Barnet)

Half Marathon 

Abbie Donnelly (Rob Lewis, Lincoln Wellington)

Clara Evans (Chris Jones, Pontypridd)

Calli Hauger-Thackery (Hallamshire)

Lauren McNeil (Hallamshire)

Men

100m

Jeremiah Azu (Marco Airale, Cardiff)

Romell Glave (Michael Afilaka, Croydon)

Zharnel Hughes (Glen Mills, Shaftesbury Barnet)

200m

Jona Efoloko (Ryan Freckleton, Sale Harriers Manchester)

Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (Ryan Freckleton, Newham and Essex Beagles)

Jeriel Quainoo (Ryan Freckleton, Blackheath & Bromley)

400m

Charlie Dobson (Leon Baptiste, Colchester)

Alex Haydock-Wilson (Earl Herbert, Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow)

Matthew Hudson-Smith (Gary Evans, Birchfield)

800m

Callum Dodds (Matthew Yates, Enfield & Haringey)

Elliot Giles (Jon Bigg, Birchfield)

Thomas Randolph (Craig Winrow, Tamworth)

1500m

Adam Fogg (Cory Leslie, Coventry)

Neil Gourley (Stephen Haas, Giffnock North)

5000m

George Mills (Thomas Dreißigacker, Brighton Phoenix)

Jack Rowe (Tim Eglen, Aldershot Farnham and District)

James West (Helen Clitheroe, Tonbridge)

10000m

Patrick Dever (Andy Bibby, Preston)

Rory Leonard (Andrew Hobdell, Morpeth)

Zakariya Mahamed (Idris Hamud, Southampton)

20k Race Walk

Callum Wilkinson (Robert Heffernan, Enfield & Haringey)

110mH

Andrew Pozzi (Stratford-upon-Avon)

Tade Ojora (Joanna Hayes, Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow)

400mH

Alastair Chalmers (Matt Elias, Guernsey)

3000mSC

Mark Pearce (Luke Gunn, Shaftesbury Barnet)

Zak Seddon (Geoff Wightman, Bracknell)

Long Jump

Jacob Fincham-Dukes (Matt Barton, Leeds)

Discus 

Lawrence Okoye (Zane Duquemin, Croydon)

 Hammer

Jake Norris (Paul Dickenson, Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow)

 Shot Put

Scott Lincoln (Paul Wilson, City of York)

 4 x 100m

Jeremiah Azu (Marco Airale, Cardiff)

Jona Efoloko (Ryan Freckleton, Sale Harriers Manchester)

Romell Glave (Michael Afilaka, Croydon)

Zharnel Hughes (Glen Mills, Shaftesbury Barnet)

Richard Kilty (Gateshead)

Jeriel Quainoo (Ryan Freckleton, Blackheath & Bromley)

 4 x 400m*

Charlie Carvell (Stewart Marshall, Telford AC)

Lewis Davey (Trevor Painter, Newham & Essex Beagles)

Toby Harries (David Sadkin, Brighton Phoenix)

Alex Haydock-Wilson (Earl Herbert, Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow)

Michael Ohioze (Craig Cox, Shaftesbury Barnet)