{"id":63,"date":"2012-04-27T12:18:25","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T12:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/gn\/?p=63"},"modified":"2012-04-27T12:18:25","modified_gmt":"2012-04-27T12:18:25","slug":"athletes-fo-olympic-test-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/gn\/uk\/athletes-fo-olympic-test-event","title":{"rendered":"Athletes for Olympic Test Event"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Athletes<\/a>

Athletes to Compete at Olympic Stadium<\/p><\/div>\n

UKA has announced the athletes who will compete in the London 2012 athletics test event, at the Olympic Stadium on 4 \u2013 7 May 2012.<\/p>\n

More than 140 athletes, including London 2012 hopefuls Holly Bleasdale (coach: Julien Raffalli-Ebezant), Perri Shakes-Drayton (Chris Zah), Jack Green (Malcolm Arnold, Robbie Grabarz (Fuzz Ahmed) and William Sharman (Malcolm Arnold), will be testing out the Stratford venue as the Capital gears up for the biggest sporting spectacle in the world this summer.<\/p>\n

The athletes will compete at the Olympic Stadium alongside the BUCS Visa Outdoor Athletics Championships, in a programme of events organised by UKA.<\/p>\n

The occasion will be the first time the stadium will be open to the general public for an athletics competition and ticket sold out quickly at the start of April.<\/p>\n

Track athletes and those competing in the vertical jumps will contend stand-alone UKA events, whilst horizontal jumpers and throws athletes will participate in the BUCS competition fields.<\/p>\n

UKA\u2019s Head Coach Charles Van Commenee said:<\/p>\n

\u201cPreparing our athletes for what to expect when they walk into the Olympic Stadium at Games time is almost impossible. The noise of an Olympic Stadium when a home favourite walks out just cannot be replicated. This test event will form an important part of some athletes\u2019 preparation.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this event they will get the chance to familiarise themselves with the Olympic Stadium and we can remove a number of unknown factors for them. We are looking forward to our first experience in the magnificent Olympic Stadium.<\/p>\n

Athletes currently confirmed to be participating in the Olympic test event are as follows:<\/p>\n

MEN<\/p>\n

100m: David Bolarinwa, Greg Cackett, James Dasaolu, James Ellington, Rikki Fifton, Ryan Scott, Nigel Thomas, Leevan Yearwood<\/p>\n

200m: Jonathan Browne, Chris Craig, James Ellington, Luke Fagan, Jordan Kirby-Polidore, Julian Thomas, Sam Watts, Elijah Winn<\/p>\n

400m: Richard Buck, Chris Clarke, Tom Druce, Jack Green, Graham Hedman, Luke Lennon-Ford, Robert Tobin, Conrad Williams<\/p>\n

800m: Ed Aston, Niall Brooks, Jonathan Cook, Steve Evison, Charlie Grice, Ed Jackson<\/p>\n

Ben Scarlett, Gareth Warburton<\/p>\n

3000m: Frank Baddick, David Bishop,Steve Davies,Thomas Lancashire,Johnny Mellor,Mark Mitchell, Ross Murray, David Proctor, Ricky Stevenson, Jonathan Taylor, Ieuan Thomas pacemaker), Frank Tickner, Richard Weir.<\/p>\n

110mH:\u00a0 Julian Adeniran, Alex Al-Ameen, Richard Alleyne, Chris Baillie, Lawrence Clarke, Nicholas Gayle, Allan Scott, William Sharman<\/p>\n

400mH:\u00a0 Tom Burton, Richard Davenport, Niall\u00a0 Flannery, James Forman, Jack Green, Lloyd Gumbs, David Hughes, Ben Sumner, Richard Yates<\/p>\n

High Jump:\u00a0 Chris Baker, Robbie Grabarz, Samson Oni, Tom Parsons, Matt Roberts, Allan Smith<\/p>\n

Pole Vault:\u00a0 Luke Cutts, Max Eaves, Joe Ive, Gregor MacLean, Andrew Sutcliffe<\/p>\n

Long Jump: Ezekiel Ewulo, JJ Jegede<\/p>\n

Triple Jump:\u00a0 Larry Achike<\/p>\n

Discus:\u00a0 Abdul Buhari, Brett Morse, Lawrence Okoye, Chris Scott<\/p>\n

Javelin:\u00a0 Lee Doran, Mervyn Luckwell<\/p>\n

Hammer: Mark Dry, Alex Smith<\/p>\n

WOMEN<\/p>\n

100m: Kadi Ann Thomas, Katherine Endacott, Corinne Humphreys, Annabelle Lewis, Marilyn Nwawulor, Sophie Papps, Torema Thompson, Abbi Tyson<\/p>\n

200m:Kadi Ann Thomas, Louise Bloor, Marilyn Nwawulor, Nadine Okyere, Sophie Papps, Helen Pryer, Bianca Williams<\/p>\n

400m:\u00a0 Eilidh Child, Laura Langowski, Kelly Massey, Kirsten McAslan, Mica Nottingham<\/p>\n

Marilyn Okoro, Shelayna Oskan-Clarke, Laura Wake<\/p>\n

800m: Karen Barewood, Charlotte Best, Tara Bird, Rowena Cole, Dawn Hunt, Jessica Judd, Alison Leonard, Celia Taylor, Charlene Thomas<\/p>\n

3000m: Elle Baker, Julia Bleasdale, Lauren Deadman, Hannah Doran, Faye Fullerton, Annabel Gummow, Gemma Kersey, Abby McGhee, Laura Muir, Emma Pallant, Emily\u00a0 Pidgeon, Beth Potter, Emily\u00a0 Stewart, Jessica\u00a0 Sparke, Naomi\u00a0 Taschimowitz*, Laura\u00a0 Weightman, Katrina Wootton<\/p>\n

100mH: Gemma Bennett<\/p>\n

400mH: Lauren Bouchard, Eilidh Child, Nisha Desai, Tracy Duncan, Hayley McLean, Aisha Naibe-Wey, Emily Parker, Perri Shakes-Drayton<\/p>\n

Pole Vault:\u00a0 Holly Bleasdale, Katie Byres, Kate Dennison, Sally Peake<\/p>\n

Triple Jump: Nadia Williams<\/p>\n

Discus:\u00a0 Eden Francis, Jade Nicholls<\/p>\n

Hammer: Zoe Derham, Sophie Hitchon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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