YORK’S Richard Buck will double up at the World Indoor Championships following his selection for both the 400m and 4x400m.
Buck, who is a member of the City of York club, set a season-best time as he won the 400m ‘B’ final at last weekend’s Sainsbury’s Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham.
The 27-year-old will be joined in the individual competition by Nigel Levine, and the pair will team up with Daniel Awde, Michael Bingham, Jamie Bowie, Luke Lennon-Ford and Conrad Williams in the relay squad.
MEN’S SQUAD: 60m Dwain Chambers, Richard Kilty; 400m Richard Buck, Nigel Levine; 800m Mukhtar Mohammed, Andrew Osagie; 1500m Lee Emanuel, Chris O’Hare; 3000m Andy Vernon, Jonathan Mellor; 60m hurdles Andrew Pozzi, William Sharman; 4x400m Daniel Awde, Michael Bingham, Jamie Bowie, Richard Buck, Luke Lennon-Ford, Nigel Levine, Conrad Williams; High jump Robbie Grabarz, Tom Parsons; Pole vault Luke Cutts
WOMEN’S SQUAD: 60m Sophie Papps, Asha Philip; 400m Margaret Adeoye, Shana Cox; 800m Laura Muir; 1500m Jemma Simpson; 3000m Eilish McColgan; 4x400m Margaret Adeoye, Eilidh Child, Shana Cox, Christine Ohuruogu, Victoria Ohuruogu, Laura Wake; 60m hurdles Tiffany Porter; Pole vault Holly Bleasdale; Long jump Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Shara Proctor.
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