Following first wave selections, a further 22 athletes have been added to the Great Britain team for Sweden

A total of 55 athletes will represent Great Britain & Northern Ireland at the European Junior Championships in Eskilstuna, Sweden, from July 16-19.

Following the first wave of selections announced last month, twin sisters Laviai and Lina Nielsen have been added to the team and join fellow sprinters Cheriece and Shannon Hylton in becoming the first double set of twins to represent GB at the same competition.

Laviai Nielsen (pictured), who tops the European junior 400m rankings this season with her 52.25 clocked in May, ran 52.96 and 53.01 at the Sainsbury’s British Championships at the weekend, finishing fifth in the final. Lina Nielsen currently sits fourth in the rankings after her 53.38 PB performance in Mannheim just over a week ago.

British junior pole vault record-holder Adam Hague joins 2013 world youth gold medallist Harry Coppell and Charlie Myers on the team, while Reuben Arthur has claimed a men’s 100m spot along with Joseph Dewar and Ojie Edoburun, who tops the European junior rankings with 10.25 and bagged bronze at the recent British Championships.

Double world junior champion Morgan Lake and throwers Taylor Campbell and Amy Holder were among those named in the first wave of selections.

“We have had some fantastic performances over the last few months and collectively as a team, we are heading to Sweden in really good shape,” commented GB & NI team leader Jo Summers.

“The performances in Bedford, Mannheim and at the Sainsbury’s British Championships over the weekend have given the athletes a great deal of confidence, which I hope they will take forward in to the European Junior Championships in nine days time.”

GB & NI team for the European Junior Championships (athletes selected in second wave indicated by an asterisk)

MEN

100m: Ojie Edoburun, Joseph Dewar, Reuben Arthur*
200m: Elliot Powell, Tommy Ramdhan*, Freddie Owsley*
800m: Kyle Langford, Spencer Thomas*, Daniel Rowden*
1500m: Josh Kerr, Liam Dee, Robbie Fitzgibbon*
5000m: Alex George, Gus Cockle, Chris Olley*
10,000m: Jack Rowe
10,000m race walk: Callum Wilkinson
110m hurdles: Jack Hatton
400m hurdles: Jack Lawrie*
3000m steeplechase: Jack Jibb, Haran Dunderdale*
Long jump: Jacob Fincham-Dukes
Triple jump: Montel Nevers
Discus: George Armstrong*
Hammer: Taylor Campbell
Javelin: Harry Hughes
Pole vault: Harry Coppell, Charlie Myers, Adam Hague*
Decathlon: Tim Duckworth
4x100m: Ojie Edoburun, Reuben Arthur, Joseph Dewar, Elliot Powell, Theo Etienne*, Tommy Ramdhan, Freddie Owsley

WOMEN

100m: Daryll Neita, Imani Lansiquot*
200m: Shannon Hylton, Charlotte McLennaghan
400m: Cheriece Hylton, Laviai Nielsen*, Lina Nielsen*
800m: Molly Long, Mhairi Hendry*
1500m: Bobby Clay, Amy Griffiths, Kathryn Gillespie*
5000m: Grace Baker, Bronwen Owen, Phoebe Law*
10,000m race walk: Emma Achurch
High jump: Morgan Lake
Shot put: Adele Nicoll
Discus: Amy Holder
4x100m: Daryll Neita, Shannon Hylton, Charlotte McLennaghan, Imani Lansiquot, Shannon Malone, Page Fairclough*
4x400m: Cheriece Hylton, Laviai Nielsen, Lina Nielsen, Lily Beckford*, Kelsey Stewart*, Nicole Kendall*

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