Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

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Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the
2009 World Championships in Athletics
WA codeGBR
National federationUK Athletics
Websiteuka.org.uk
in Berlin
Competitors60
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
3
Total
7
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)
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Great Britain and Northern Ireland (often referred to as Great Britain) is competing at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August. UK Athletics announced a team of 60 athletes in July in preparation for the competition,[1] although it was known that some athletes might not compete due to injury.[2] Christine Ohuruogu entered the competition as the defending 400 metres champion. Selected athletes had achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards.

Ohuruogu, Jessica Ennis, and Phillips Idowu were identified as the athletes with the greatest chance of winning a gold medal; two of them succeeded. The team included the defending 400m gold and silver medallists, Ohuruogu and Nicola Sanders, respectively. Paula Radcliffe, the Marathon gold medallist in 2005, was the other individual medallist returning to the GBR team. Head coach Charles van Commenee stated that matching the last championships medal haul (5) was a reasonable target given a number of high-profile injuries.[3]

Germaine Mason and Toby Sandeman withdrew from the squad due to injuries before the start of the competition.[4]

Team selection

Results

Footnotes

  1. ^ Sandeman withdrew due to lack of fitness, after missing several training sessions prior to the Championships due to injury.
  2. ^ Mason withdrew due to an ankle injury, that was picked up in Stockholm prior to the games.

References

  1. ^ World champion Ohuruogu leads 60 strong British squad for Berlin. IAAF (28 July 2009). Retrieved 29 July 2009.
  2. ^ GB pick Chambers in Worlds squad. BBC Sport (28 July 2009). Retrieved 29 July 2009.
  3. ^ Hart, Simon (28 July 2009). Dwain Chambers to contest sprint double at World Championships. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
  4. ^ Injury ends Mason's Berlin hopes. BBC Sport (5 August 2009). Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  5. ^ Radcliffe pulls out of marathon [BBC Sport] (20 August 2009). Retrieved 20 August 2009
  6. ^ a b c d e f Casey, Phil. "British Trio in Hunt for Berlin Medals". Sporting Life. Sporting Life UK Ltd. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  7. ^ "Great Britain team take bronze as Usain Bolt grabs more gold". The Guardian. 22 August 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
  8. ^ Kessel, Anna (18 August 2009). "No miracle for Christine Ohuruogu as Sanya Richards takes gold". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  9. ^ a b c d e Turnball, Simon (17 August 2009). "Simpson content to take supporting role in heat". The Independent. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  10. ^ a b "Meadows claims bronze". The Press Association (Google). 19 August 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  11. ^ Kessel, Anna (20 August 2009). "Paula Radcliffe will not run the marathon at World Championships, UK Athletics confirms". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  12. ^ Gibson, Lee (16 August 2009). "Dwain Chambers races into semi-finals". Sunday Mercury. Retrieved 20 August 2009.

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