Venue: Moscow, RussiaDate: 10-18 AugustCoverage: Live on BBC TV, BBC Radio 5 live, BBC Sport website, mobiles, tablets and Connected TVs.
Olympic champion Greg Rutherford has passed a fitness test and been selected for the World Championships in Moscow, which start on 10 August.British Athletics announced its full squad two weeks ago but delayed naming its sole long jumper as Rutherford battled a hamstring injury.
Fellow Briton Chris Tomlinson does not have the ‘A’ qualifying standard.
Jessica Ennis-Hill – Gold heptathlon Mo Farah - Gold 5,000m & 10,000m Robbie Grabarz - Bronze, high jump Christine Ohuruogu - Silver, 400m Greg Rutherford - Gold, long jump “Greg has shown a remarkable level of recovery,” UK Athletics performance director Neil Black said. “Following the fitness tests and his record of being able to produce a quality performance off minimal build-up, I am pleased to confirm his place in the GB & NI team.
“He’ll continue to work closely with the support staff to maximise every additional moment in between now and 14 August.”
Rutherford and Tomlinson jointly hold the British record of 8.35m. But, because neither has achieved the ‘A’ standard of 8.25m this season, only one of the pair could be selected.
Rutherford, 26, has not been in action since pulling his right hamstring at the Diamond League meet in Paris on 6 July.
Tomlinson, 31, competed at the Anniversary Games at the Olympic Stadium in London on Sunday but managed only 7.99m.
He still felt he had done enough to be selected, saying afterwards: “I think on current form, in current shape, I’d be on the team. But obviously Greg’s got that [Olympic title] and that has to be taken into account.”
Rutherford will be hoping to compete alongside Olympic gold-medal winning team-mates Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis-Hill in Moscow.
Farah goes for the 5,000m and 10,000m double in peak form, having broken Steve Cram’s 28-year-old British record in the 1500m and won the 3,000m at the Anniversary Games, but Ennis-Hill has fitness concerns having struggled all year with an ankle problem. A decision is due to be made on Wednesday on whether she will compete in the heptathlon.
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Rutherford selected for Worlds
