Kerr & Johnson-Thompson head GB Olympics athletics squad

World champions Josh Kerr and Katarina Johnson-Thompson will caput Team GB's Olympic athletics badge hopes aft being confirmed successful nan squad for Paris 2024.

As 2023 World Championship golden medallists, heptathlete Johnson-Thompson and 1500m runner Kerr were among nan athletes nether little unit to execute astatine past week's UK Athletics Championships, which doubled arsenic nan Olympic trials.

They are joined successful nan squad by Keely Hodgkinson, who will target golden aft 3 successive world 800m silvers, world 400m metallic medallist Matthew Hudson-Smith and world indoor rod vault champion Molly Caudery.

Rising prima Louie Hinchliffe, nan British men's 100m champion who is coached by American fable Carl Lewis, is selected among nan sprinters on pinch world bronze medallist Zharnel Hughes, Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita.

Former world 1500m champion Jake Wightman is included successful nan 800m contempt missing nan tests done wounded and 10,000m runner Eilish McColgan besides makes nan squad pursuing a conflict to beryllium her fitness.

Several breathtaking emerging athletes will look astatine their first Olympic Games, including 17-year-old Phoebe Gill aft her sensational 800m triumph successful Manchester and British 400m champions Charlie Dobson and Amber Anning.

However, discus thrower Jade Lally and changeable putter Amelia Campbell are among those who person criticised UK Athletics' action argumentation aft missing out.

The 11-day athletics programme astatine nan Paris Olympics originates connected 1 August.

Kerr, a bronze medallist successful Tokyo, will again spell caput to caput pinch Olympic 1500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen successful 1 of nan astir eagerly anticipated showdowns successful Paris.

Johnson-Thompson will effort to dethrone two-time Olympic heptathlon golden medallist Nafi Thiam, pinch nan Briton buoyed by winning her 2nd world title past summer.

Formidable 22-year-old Hodgkinson will dream to clinch her first world title successful nan absence of reigning champion Athing Mu, who suffered a autumn astatine nan US trials, while Hudson-Smith made his golden badge ambitions clear aft narrowly missing retired successful Budapest.

Caudery is nan starring rod vaulter successful nan world this twelvemonth and nan 24-year-old will activity to support her singular caller advancement by taking nan sport's biggest prize astatine nan first attempt.

Hinchliffe is among a big of caller names hoping to shine.

He mightiness look to nan illustration of world 800m bronze medallist Ben Pattison, who reached nan podium connected his debut astatine a world championships and is besides included successful nan squad for Paris.

Meanwhile, Gill, Dobson and Anning person been successful superb shape successful 2024.

Hughes, who past twelvemonth achieved a breakthrough individual world medal, will title some nan 100m and 200m events aft overcoming a hamstring injury, arsenic will European women’s 100m champion Asher-Smith and 200m metallic medallist Neita.

Laura Muir will target different Olympic podium aft winning 1500m metallic down two-time champion Faith Kipyegon among nan 5 athletics medals GB won 3 years ago, arsenic bronze medal-winning rod vaulter Holly Bradshaw contests her 4th Games.

More to follow.