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Gemma Steel and Rio-bound Hawkins brothers on GB Euro Champs team
- Updated: May 26, 2016
Four of the British marathon runners selected for the Rio Olympic Games have been named by British Athletics for the half-marathon team cup event at the European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands, from July 6-10.
Brothers Callum and Derek Hawkins, Tsegai Tewelde and Alyson Dixon, who are all due to represent Great Britain over 26.2 miles in Brazil, have targeted a team medal-winning performance in the half-marathon at the European Championships as preparation for Rio. The championships will also provide Tewelde with his British team debut.
Sonia Samuels, who is the fifth member of GB’s Rio marathon team, has passed on selection for Amsterdam in order to focus on her preparations for the Olympics.
Gemma Steel, who on Sunday continued her comeback at the Great Manchester Run after injury and illness struggles, also heads to Amsterdam, where she will be joined by Dewi Griffiths, Scott Overall, Jonathan Hay, Tina Muir, Charlotte Purdue, Susan Partridge and Lily Partridge.
“These are two very strong teams and we firmly believe both can finish on the podium in Amsterdam this July,” said British Athletics performance director Neil Black.
“With a European Championships and Olympic Games scheduled so close together you have to take a sensible approach to selection and look at what is best for each athlete …
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