Great Britain has announced a 98-strong squad for the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, with high‑profile athletes such as Keely Hodgkinson (800m Olympic champion) and Dina Asher‑Smith (100m Olympic champion) set to defend their titles at the Alexander Stadium.

Several top athletes chose to skip the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Glasgow to focus on the European Championships, taking advantage of competing on home soil. Katarina Johnson‑Thompson will return after an injury that forced her to miss the previous edition, and Birmingham‑born Matt Hudson‑Smith, the 400m Olympic silver medallist, will race the event where a stand bears his name. In the middle‑distance, Georgia Hunter Bell and 2022 champion Laura Muir will tackle the 1500m, while former world champion Jake Wightman and indoor 400m champion Amber Anning round out the men’s and women’s fields.

Emerging talent includes Jake Heyward, who set a new Welsh mile record at the London Diamond League, and future prospects not yet named. Performance director Paula Dunn praised the squad’s depth, noting theOm advantage of competing at home in Birmingham.