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Jo Pavey left off British Athletics list for full funding for new season Jo Pavey left off British Athletics list for full funding for new season
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A number of rising stars have been rewarded for their exploits in 2014 by being included on the British Athletics list for full funding for the new season.A number of rising stars have been rewarded for their exploits in 2014 by being included on the British Athletics list for full funding for the new season.
Matthew Hudson-Smith, Lynsey Sharp and Jodie Williams are among the athletes that will be supported by the world class performance programme for 2014-15.Matthew Hudson-Smith, Lynsey Sharp and Jodie Williams are among the athletes that will be supported by the world class performance programme for 2014-15.
Jo Pavey is a notable absentee after she claimed a 5,000 metres bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games and then the 10,000m European title, although the 41-year-old was not expected to make the cut.Jo Pavey is a notable absentee after she claimed a 5,000 metres bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games and then the 10,000m European title, although the 41-year-old was not expected to make the cut.
The selection has been made based on athletes’ potential to win medals at Olympic and Paralympic Games.The selection has been made based on athletes’ potential to win medals at Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The programme, funded by the National Lottery through UK Sport, is split into two levels: “podium” for athletes with the potential to win medals at Rio de Janeiro 2016; and “podium potential” for those developing towards Tokyo 2020. Including relay, 38 names have been chosen at Olympic “podium” level.The programme, funded by the National Lottery through UK Sport, is split into two levels: “podium” for athletes with the potential to win medals at Rio de Janeiro 2016; and “podium potential” for those developing towards Tokyo 2020. Including relay, 38 names have been chosen at Olympic “podium” level.
Hudson-Smith, 20, has made that group, having not even been on the “potential” list last time, after being part of the 4x400m relay triumphs for England and then GB at the Glasgow Commonwealths and Zurich Europeans respectively, and claiming individual 400m silver at the latter event. Hudson-Smith, 20, has made that group, having not even been on the “potential” list last time, after being part of the 4x400m relay triumphs for England and then GB at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and the European Athletics Championships in Zurich respectively, and claiming individual 400m silver at the latter event.
The twenty-four-year-old Sharp, the Commonwealth and European 800m silver medallist, has moved up from the “potential” list along with Williams, the 21-year-old English sprinter who won four medals across the Glasgow and Zurich showpieces. The 24-year-old Sharp, the Commonwealth and European 800m silver medallist, has moved up from the “potential” list along with Williams, the 21-year-old English sprinter who won four medals across the Glasgow and Zurich showpieces.