European Athletics Team Championships Super League mainstays Great Britain and Spain have announced their teams for this year’s competition in Silesia, Poland on 29-30 May.
The British team includes European 1500m bronze medallist Jake Wightman who steps down to contest the 800m. Wightman made the most of an abbreviated racing campaign last summer by setting lifetime bests at both distances: 1:44.18 in the 800m and 3:29.47 in the 1500m.
Another standout name is the in-form Jessie Knight who recently set a lifetime best and European leading time of 54.78 on her season’s debut in the 400m hurdles.
This will be Knight’s third trip to Poland this season after winning a silver medal in the 4x400m at the Torun 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships before finishing third on this very same track at the World Athletics Relays in Silesia.
The British team also features European finalists Imani Lansiquot and Beth Dobbin in the women’s 100m and 200m respectively while former European U23 champion Ojie Edoburun lines up in the men’s 100m and 4x100m.
The Brits finished fifth at the last edition of the European Athletics Team Championships in Bydgoszcz two years ago although they have reached the podium on three occasions, including in 2009 and 2010 when they finished second.
The full British team can be found here.
Spain has also announced their team for the European Athletics Team Championships.
As is customary, the Spaniards will be particularly strong in the middle and long distances with Mariano Garcia (800m), Jesus Gomez (1500m), Adel Mechaal (3000m) and Fernando Carro (3000m steeplechase) all expected to bring home significant points.
Mechaal and Carro were among the victors for Spain two years in Bydgoszcz, helping them to a sixth-place finish in the overall standings.
Other notable inclusions on the Spanish team are former European indoor champion Ana Peleteiro in the triple jump and Irene Sanchez-Escribano in the 3000m steeplechase, both of whom finished second in their respective events in 2019.
The full Spanish team can be found here.