Commonwealth Games: Katarina Johnson-Thompson is named but Keely Hodgkinson is not

Reigning Commonwealth Games heptathlon champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson is among 63 athletes in the England squad for next month’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

But Olympic 800m champion Keeley Hodgkinson is not part of the team for the July 23-August 2 event.

Who is 24 years old? Pulled before the starting moment After feeling “a little shaky” in the 400m final at June’s UK Athletics Championships, he had already indicated he would focus on the European Championships in Birmingham from August 10-16.

who have been elected, outsider Join a 20-strong para-athlete team Named in April, outsider For games.

Johnson-Thompson, who will be aiming for three in a row after winning gold at the 2018 Games on the Gold Coast, will be joined in her event by Birmingham 2022 bronze medalist Jade O’Dowda and debutant Ellen Barber.

200m World Championship silver medalist Amy Hunt will compete in the 100m alongside Daryl Neita and Imani-Lara Lancicott.

Neita and Lansicotte will also hope to defend England’s 4x100m title from 2022, achieved after Nigeria was retroactively disqualified for anti-doping violations.

Deanna Asher-Smith, Aleah Sibbons and Success Eduan will join the relay squad, who will compete individually in the 200m.

World Championship silver medalist Georgia’s Hunter Bell moves into the 800m while long jumper Jazmyn Sowers has been selected for her fourth Commonwealth Games.

British record holder Jarnell Hughes will look to upgrade his 200m silver from four years ago and bid to make it three golds in a row in the 4x100m relay alongside Nathanael Mitchell-Blake, Jonah Ifoloko, Elliott Jones and Rommel Glave.

Birmingham bronze medalists Ben Pattison (800m) and Scott Lincoln (shot) hope to add to their honors while high jumper Kimani Jack will make his Commonwealth debut after setting a world-leading outdoor height of 2.31m this season.