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Britain names 80-strong athletics squad for Rio 2016

Xinhua, July 13, 2016 Adjust font size:

Britain announced on Wednesday the 80-strong athletics team that will compete at next month's Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Olympic champions Jess Ennis-Hill, Mo Farah and Greg Rutherford will seek to retain their Olympic crowns in Brazil.

London 2012 medalists Christine Ohuruogu, who also won Olympic gold at Beijing 2008, and Robbie Grabarz also return and will again compete in the 400m and high jump respectively while Jo Pavey is set to compete in her fifth Olympic Games in the 10,000m.

British athletes have enjoyed successful 12 months in the build-up to Rio 2016 with the team winning seven medals at the 2015 Beijing world championships. Ennis-Hill, Farah and Rutherford all claimed golds while Shara Proctor took long jump silver and there were bronze medals for the men's and women's 4x400m relay teams.

And just last week, the team took away 16 medals from the European Championships after winning five gold, three silver and eight bronze medals in Amsterdam. Endit