Solely twice up to now 30 years has a time of lower than 10 seconds been mandatory to say victory within the males’s 100m on the UK Athletics Championships – however that might show the minimal requirement for Britain’s Olympic hopefuls this weekend.
Rising 21-year-old dash star Louie Hinchliffe, coached by athletics icon Carl Lewis on the College of Houston, will line up because the second-fastest European man this 12 months after operating 9.95 earlier in June.
Jeremiah Azu, who clocked a wind-assisted championship document 9.90 to win the British title in 2022, has additionally damaged the 10-second barrier this 12 months.
Reigning British champion and world bronze medallist Zharnel Hughes, who misses the championships as he recovers from a hamstring harm, is already assured of an Olympic 100m place.
That leaves two-time British champion Reece Prescod, European medallist Romell Glave and Eugene Amo-Dadzie – the self-styled ‘world’s quickest accountant’ – amongst these additionally battling to be a part of Staff GB.
The ultimate British athletics squad for Paris 2024 might be introduced on Friday, 5 July, following the championships in Manchester on 29 and 30 June.
To be assured of an opportunity to contest a person occasion on the Olympics, athletes should obtain a top-two end on the qualifiers, and likewise achieved the World Athletics qualification normal.
Keely Hodgkinson, Josh Kerr, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita, Molly Caudery and Laura Muir are among the many different high-profile names set to compete at Manchester Regional Area.