Tomlinson named in British World Championship squad

3:27pm Tuesday 12th February 2008

CHRIS Tomlinson has been named in the Great Britain squad for next month's World Indoor Athletics Championships in Valencia.

The Middlesbrough-born long jumper earned a place in the team by winning last weekend's British trials at Sheffield.

Convicted drugs cheat Dwain Chambers has also won his battle to be part of the British team, even though the UK Athletics selection committee were unanimous in their desire not to select him.

Chambers won the 60 metres trial race at Sheffield which under UKA selection procedures should have guaranteed him an automatic place.

But UKA, in an information letter sent to athletes prior to Christmas, included an exceptional circumstances ruling, whereby they could have omitted him.

However Chambers this afternoon was given the all-clear by the selectors to wear a British vest for the first time since the 2006 European Championships.

* The Great Britain & Northern Ireland team for the World Indoor Championships in Valencia next month is as follows: Men 60m: Dwain Chambers (Belgrave Harriers).

400m: Richard Buck (City of York), Steve Green (Newham & Essex Beagles) 800m: Richard Hill (Notts AC).

1500m: James McIlroy (WSE Hounslow).

60m hurdles: Allan Scott (Shaftesbury Barnet).

High jump: Samson Oni (Belgrave Harriers).

Pole vault: Steve Lewis (Newham & Essex Beagles).

Long jump: Chris Tomlinson (Newham & Essex Beagles).

Triple jump: Phillips Idowu (Belgrave Harriers).

Shot put: Carl Myerscough (Blackpool).

4x400m relay: Buck, Green.

Women 60m: Laura Turner (Harrow AC), Jeanette Kwakye (Woodford Green & Essex Ladies).

800m: Jenny Meadows (Wigan & District Harriers), Marilyn Okoro (Shaftesbury Barnet).

1500m: Jemma Simpson (Newquay & Par), Susan Scott (City of Glasgow).

3000m: Helen Clitheroe (Preston Harriers).

60m hurdles: Sarah Claxton (Woodford Green & Essex Ladies).

Pole vault: Kate Dennison (Sale Harriers Manchester).

Pentathlon: Kelly Sotherton (Birchfield Harriers).

** FOR A MORE DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE SQUAD READ TOMORROW'S NORTHERN ECHO **

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