Six defending champions have been named within the Nice Britain crew for subsequent month’s World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe, Japan.
Wheelchair racer Hannah Cockroft might be chasing her fifteenth and sixteenth world titles on the occasion from 17-25 Could.
Javelin thrower Hollie Arnold and shot putter Aled Sion Davies might be hoping so as to add to their 5 world titles.
Jonathan Broom-Edwards, Sabrina Fortune and Dan Pembroke are additionally named on an 18-strong crew.
Excessive jumper Broom-Edwards and shot putter Fortune are at the moment two-time world champions of their occasions whereas Pembroke received his maiden world title in Paris final 12 months after claiming Paralympic gold in Tokyo.
GB completed fourth within the medal desk ultimately 12 months’s Worlds, profitable 29 medals, together with 10 golds.
The athletics occasions on the Paris Paralympics happen from 30 August to 9 September.
Head of Paralympic efficiency, Tom Paulson, stated: “It is a distinctive championships going down a few months out from the Paralympic Video games, with Paris the primary focus for athletes this season.
“We now have chosen a crew which balances the goals of offering qualification alternatives to realize quota slots on the Paralympic Video games for a lot of athletes on the crew, whereas additionally supporting these medallists from final 12 months’s championships who’ve outlined – while satisfying the choice panel – that competing in Kobe at these championships is an important a part of their preparation for Paris.”
Crew
Girls: Fabienne André (T34 100m and 800m), Hollie Arnold (F46 Javelin), Hannah Cockroft (T34 100m and 800m), Sabrina Fortune (F20 Shot Put), Ali Smith (T38 100m and 400m), Mel Woods (T54 400m, 800m and 1500m)
Males: Columba Blango (T20 400m), Jonathan Broom-Edwards (T64 Excessive Bounce), Aled Sion Davies (F63 Shot Put), Mo Jomni (T53 400m and 800m), Nathan Maguire (T54 400m, 800m and 1500m), Owen Miller (T20 1500m), Dan Pembroke (F13 Javelin), Marcus Perrineau-Daley (T52 100m), Kevin Santos (T47 100m), Zac Shaw (T12 100m), Harrison Walsh (F64 Discus), Thomas Younger (T38 100m)
