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Who, what and when guide: UK Indoor Champs

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Published in Athletics
Friday, 16 February 2024 02:32
Everything you need to know about this weekends trials in Birmingham for the World Indoor Champs in Glasgow

National titles and places in the team for next months World Indoor Championships in Glasgow are up for grabs at the Microplus UK Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham this weekend (Feb 17-18).

The event will be broadcast by BBC and features some of the countrys biggest names such as Laura Muir, Morgan Lake and Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

Here are some of the potential highlights and likely contenders.

Muir is fresh from a two miles European record of 9:04.84 at the Millrose Games last Sunday and here faces Melissa Courtney-Bryant, Hannah Nuttall and Amy-Eloise Neale over 3000m.

Laura Muir (Getty)

The womens 1500m should also be a great race with Georgia Bell taking on Revee Walcott-Nolan and Sarah McDonald. Bell has been one of the revelations of the indoor season so far with PBs of 4:03.22 for 1500m and 8:42.16 for 3000m plus four race victories across Europe, but Walcott-Nolan and McDonald have also been in good shape lately.

The mens 1500m sees another breakthrough athlete, Adam Fogg, the US-based Brit who ran a big mile PB of 3:49.62 at the Millrose Games a few days ago. He faces Callum Elson among others.

Georgia Bell (David Lowes)

The 60m finals are always a big highlight on Saturday afternoon and the mens race sees Jeremiah Azu facing Adam Thomas and Ojie Edoburun while Dwain Chambers, the former world indoor champion, is also in the entries aged 45.

Asha Phillip, Amy Hunt, Mabel Akande, Faith Akinbileje and Nia Wedderburn-Goodison, meanwhile, feature in the womens 60m.

Zac Shaw (Mark Shearman)

Look out for the para 60m races, too, with Olivia Breen, Maria Lyle, Kevin Santos, Zac Shaw and Jonnie Peacock.

Cindy Sember will be strong favourite to win the womens 60m hurdles crown after showing near-PB shape recently, whereas David King faces Tade Ojora in the mens sprint hurdles.

In the jumps, Morgan Lake goes in the high jump, Abigail Irozuru in the long jump and Molly Caudery and Harry Coppell in the pole vault.

Jemma Reekie (Bobby Gavin)

The 800m races feature athletes who will be hoping to make their mark on home soil in Glasgow in a couple of weeks time Jemma Reekie and Guy Learmonth. The womens event is particularly strong with Reekie taking on Issy Boffey, Ellie Baker and Erin Wallace.

Another stacked event is the womens 400m and it has the makings of the race of the weekend. Laviai Nielsen has run 51.11 so far this season and she faces Jessie Knight and Nicole Yeargin.

Laviai Nielsen (World Athletics)

With Charlie Carvell, Lee Thompson and Ben Higgins, the mens 400m also looks like an exciting event.

Johnson-Thompson, the world heptathlon champion, has a quiet weekend as she is entered in the shot put only. Contenders for the shot titles, though, include Amelia Campbell (née Strickler), Sophie McKinna, Serena Vincent and Scott Lincoln.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Bjorn Paree)

The action starts at the Utilita Arena at 11.25am on Saturday and 11.30am on Sunday. For the full timetable, see here.

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