Laura Muir, Eilish McCoglan, Greg Rutherford lead GBR team for Birmingham 2018

Katerina Johnson Thompson in LJ, British champs, by Getty Images for British Athletics

BIRMINGHAM (GBR): A team of 31 athletes will represent Great Britain on home soil at the World Indoor Championships. Double European indoor champion Laura Muir and Eilish McColgan will contest the 1500m and 3000m and fellow European indoor champions Andrew Pozzi (60m hurdles) and Asha Philip (60m) are also on the team along with Diamond League winner CJ Ujah (60m), former Olympic bronze medallist Robbie Grabarz (high jump) and former European indoor champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson (pentathlon). After returning to action from injury with victory at the British Indoor Championships with 7.80m, Greg Rutherford has been given a host nation slot to compete at the championships.

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