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Zharnel Hughes, Keely Hodgkinson and Dina Asher-Smith person been named successful Great Britain's squad for the World Athletics Championships successful Budapest.
Hughes is the fastest antheral successful the satellite implicit 100m this twelvemonth and is the caller British grounds holder implicit that region and 200m.
The 28-year-old ran 9.83 seconds successful New York past period to interruption Linford Christie's 30-year 100m record.
He past ran the 200m successful 19.73 successful London connected Sunday to surpass John Regis.
Hodgkinson volition anticipation to spell 1 amended than her satellite metallic successful past year's 800m, portion Asher-Smith is included for the women's 100m and 200m astatine the championships successful Hungary, which statesman connected 19 August.
Former satellite champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson volition proceed her comeback successful the heptathlon and Matthew Hudson-Smith volition privation to amended connected past year's satellite 400m bronze successful Eugene.
Jemma Reekie (800m), Laura Muir (1500m), Eilish McColgan (10,000m), Jazmin Sawyers (long jump), Morgan Lake (high jump), Max Burgin (800m) and Reece Prescod (100m) person besides been included.
With 50 athletes already named, the afloat British squad volition beryllium finalised erstwhile UK Athletics (UKA) person satellite rankings invitations from World Athletics.
However, immoderate of those invitations volition beryllium rejected wherever athletes person not met UKA's qualification criteria.
Some of the athletes who person not been selected are reportedly considering taking ineligible enactment against UKA.
Hurdlers Lina Nielsen and Josh Zeller, and changeable putter Amelia Strickler person deed retired astatine UKA's enactment policy, with the second telling the Mail paper she is "disgusted".
"By preventing america from going to a championships you are fundamentally denying america work, and that should beryllium illegal," Strickler, who was besides not selected for the 2019 World Championships and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, told the Mail.
"It could autumn nether blockage of trade. This could outgo radical sponsorships. It's truly disgusting.
"Something does request to beryllium done to alteration this strategy due to the fact that it is conscionable hurting truthful galore athletes."
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