Farah leads 100-strong England team in Delhi

DOUBLE European champion Mo Farah was one of three gold medallists from Barcelona named in England's team for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi next month.
By The Newsroom
Published 23rd Aug 2010, 13:21 BST
Updated 23rd Aug 2010, 13:24 BST

The 27-year-old, who struck gold over 5,000 and 10,000 metres in Spain earlier this summer and last week broke the 28-year-old British record over the shorter distance, will race over both distances in India.

He was joined by fellow European champions 110m hurdler Andy Turner and Phillips Idowu, who will be defending his triple jump crown.

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Olympic 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu, who missed the European Championships earlier this summer with a quad injury, was also included in the 100-strong team of athletes and will defend the title she won in Melbourne four years ago at the Games which get under way on October 3.

World and European heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis, who ended her season after taking gold in Barcelona, had long made it known she would not be going to India.

Among the Yorkshire Olympians involved are 400m runner Richard Buck, pole vaulter Luke Cutts and high jumper Martyn Bernard.

England's Athletes for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, October 3-14:

Men

100m: Mark Lewis-Francis

100m (T46): Ola Abidogun

200m: Leon Baptiste, Marlon Devonish, Jeffrey Lawal Balogun

400m: Richard Buck, Robert Tobin, Conrad Williams

800m: Niall Brooks, Andrew Osagie, Darren St Clair

1500m: Andy Baddeley, Tom Lancashire, Colin McCourt

5000m: Mo Farah, Chris Thompson

10000m: Mo Farah, Chris Thompson, Andrew Vernon

Marathon: Andi Jones, Ben Moreau

3000m sc: Luke Gunn, Stuart Stokes

110mH: Lawrence Clarke, William Sharman, Andy Turner

400mH: David Hughes, Nathan Woodward, Richard Yates

20k Race Walk: Thomas Bosworth, Luke Finch, Alex Wright

High Jump: Martyn Bernard, Samson Oni, Tom Parsons

Long Jump: Greg Rutherford, Chris Tomlinson

Triple Jump: Larry Achike, Nathan Douglas, Phillips Idowu

Pole Vault: Luke Cutts, Max Eaves, Steve Lewis

Shot: Mark Edwards, Carl Myerscough, Scott Rider

Shot F32/34/52: Daniel West

Discus: Carl Myerscough, Chris Scott, Emeka Udechuku

Hammer: Mike Floyd, Matthew Lambley, Alex Smith

Decathlon: Martin Brockman, Ben Hazell, Kevin Sempers

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4x100m: Leon Baptiste, Marlon Devonish Jeffery Lawal Balogun, Mark Lewis- Francis, Ryan Scott, Andy Turner

4x400m: Richard Buck, Graham Hedman, Darren St Clair, Rob Tobin, Conrad Williams

Women

100m: Montell Douglas, Katherine Endacott, Laura Turner

100m T37: Katrina Hart, Bethany Woodward

200m: Abi Oyepitan, Joyce Maduaka

400m: Victoria Barr, Christine Ohuruogu, Nadine Okyere

800m: Lisa Dobriskey, Emma Jackson, Marilyn Okoro

1500m: Helen Clitheroe, Lisa Dobriskey, Hannah England

10,000m: Charlotte Purdue, Hayley Yelling

Marathon: Helen Decker, Michelle Ross-Cope, Holly Rush

3000mSC: Tina Brown

100mH: Louise Hazel

400mH: Meghan Beesley

20k Race Walk: Johanna Jackson, Lisa Kehler

High Jump: Stephanie Pywell, Vikki Hubbard

Pole Vault: Kate Dennison, Emma Lyons

Triple Jump: Yasmin Regis, Laura Samuel, Nadia Williams

Shot Put: Eden Francis, Eleanor Gatrell, Rebecca Peake

Shot F32, 33,34/42/53: Gemma Prescott

Discus: Eden Francis, Jade Nicholls

Hammer: Zoe Derham, Sarah Holt

Javelin: Goldie Sayers, Laura Whittingham

Heptathlon: Phyllis Agbo, Grace Clements, Louise Hazel

4x100m: Montell Douglas, Katherine Endacott, Hayley Jones, Abi Oyepitan, Laura Turner

4x400m: Victoria Barr, Meghan Beesley, Hayley Jones, Kelly Massey, Christine Ohuruogu, Marilyn Okoro, Nadine Okyere, Joyce Maduaka

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