Ohuruogu to skipper GB team at World Champs

Former Olympic, World and Commonwealth 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu was on Tuesday named captain of Britain's squad for the World Championships in Moscow. The 29-year-old, whose younger sister Vicky was named in the women's 4x400m relay squad, will lead the team for the competition in the Russian capital from August 10-18 on the back of good current form that last weekend saw her win the Diamond League race in London. Ohuruogu was Commonwealth champion over the distance in Melbourne in 2006, won the world title in Osaka in 2007 and took Olympic gold in Beijing in 2008 but had to be content with silver in the British capital last year. As expected, reigning Olympic 5,000m and 10,000m champion Mo Farah will attempt the same double in Moscow, while Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford was named in the squad, despite struggling with a hamstring injury. Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill was also an inclusion, although she is still a doubt to compete because of a nagging Achilles tendon problem. British team for the IAAF World Championships MEN: 100m: Harry Aikines Aryeetey, Dwain Chambers, James Dasaolu 200m: James Ellington, Adam Gemili, Delano Williams 400m: Nigel Levine 800m: Andrew Osagie, Michael Rimmer 1500m: Chris O'Hare 5000m: Mo Farah 10,000m: Mo Farah 110mH: William Sharman 400mH: Dai Greene, Sebastian Rodger, Rhys Williams 3000m Steeplechase: James Wilkinson 20km walk: Alex Wright Long Jump: Greg Rutherford High Jump: Robbie Grabarz Pole Vault: Steve Lewis Discus Throw: Brett Morse Decathlon: Ashley Bryant 4x100m: Harry Aikines Aryeetey, Dwain Chambers, James Dasaolu, James Ellington, Adam Gemili, Richard Kilty, Andrew Robertson, Deji Tobais 4x400m: Michael Bingham, Jamie Bowie, Luke Lennon Ford, Nigel Levine, Martyn Rooney, Conrad Williams, Delano Williams WOMEN: 100m: Asha Philip 200m: Anyika Onuora; Jodie Williams 400m: Christine Ohuruogu 800m: Jessica Judd; Laura Muir, Marilyn Okoro 1500m: Hannah England, Laura Weightman 100mH: Tiffany Porter 400mH: Meghan Beesley, Eilidh Child, Perri Shakes Drayton 3000mSC: Eilish McColgan Long Jump: Shara Proctor, Lorraine Ugen Hammer Throw: Sophie Hitchon Heptathlon: Jessica Ennis, Katarina Johnson-Thompson Marathon Sonia Samuels, Susan Partridge 4x100m: Asha Philip, Hayley Jones, Annabelle Lewis, Ashleigh Nelson, Bianca Williams, Dina Asher Smith, Jodie Williams 4x400m: Margaret Adeoye, Eilidh Child; Shana Cox, Kirsten McAslan, Kelly Massey, Christine Ohuruogu, Victoria Ohuruogu, Anyika Onuora, Perri Shakes Drayton. Source: AFP