European Indoor Championships: Keely Hodgkinson and Laura Muir in Great Britain team

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Keely Hodgkinson and Laura Muir contention    astatine  the Commonwealth Games successful  2022Keely Hodgkinson (left) won metallic and Laura Muir took bronze successful the Commonwealth Games 800m

Keely Hodgkinson and Laura Muir person been named successful Great Britain and Northern Ireland's squad for the European Indoor Championships.

Hodgkinson, 20, who volition support her 800m title, acceptable a world-leading time successful the region earlier successful February.

Scotland's four-time European indoor champion Muir, who has won the 1500m and 3000m titles doubly each, competes implicit 1500m this year.

The lawsuit takes spot successful Istanbul, Turkey from 2-5 March.

Morgan Lake, who set a British women's precocious leap recordexternal-link earlier this month, is besides successful the squad alongside agelong leap champion Jazmin Sawyers.

"I person been pleased to spot that a fig of athletes person stepped up during this indoor season, which means we are capable to prime a squad who person demonstrated existent signifier this twelvemonth to beryllium successful the champion presumption to execute competitively connected the European stage," UK Athletics method manager Stephen Maguire said.

The lawsuit volition beryllium shown crossed BBC Sport platforms.

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