2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships

2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships
Dates26–27 February
Host cityBirmingham, United Kingdom
VenueArena Birmingham
White and grey circular building with trees in the foreground.
LevelSenior
TypeIndoor
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British Indoor Athletics Championships

The 2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships were the national indoor track and field competition for British athletes, held on 26 and 27 February 2022 at Arena Birmingham. The competition served as a qualification event for the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships, and on 1 March, 33 British competitors were announced for that championships, and this was increased to 36 a couple of days later.

Background

The 2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships were held on 26 and 27 February 2022 at Arena Birmingham.[1] The 2020 event had been held at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow,[2] and the 2021 championships was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] The 2022 event was used as a qualification event for the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships in March 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia.[1] In addition, parasports events were held in the 60 metres.[1] The championships were broadcast on the BBC website.[1][4]

Highlights

Black women in orange top jumping with arms in air.
Lorraine Ugen equalled the championship record in the long jump.

Sophie McKinna won the shot put event with a British Indoor Athletics Championships record distance of 18.82 metres.[5] Lorraine Ugen won the long jump event, and equalled the Championship record.[5]

Adelle Tracey won the 1500 metres event, ahead of Erin Wallace and Holly Archer.[6] Adam Thomas won the men's 60 metres event, and Cheyanne Evans-Gray won the women's competition.[7] Andrew Pozzi won the men's 60 metres hurdles event; he was the current indoor world champion at the event, and qualified for the World Championship as a result.[8] Megan Marrs won the women's 60 metres hurdles event.[8]

Jessie Knight won the women's 400 metres event, ahead of Keely Hodgkinson[8] and Ama Pipi, who finished second and third respectively.[5] Hodkingson had already qualified for the 800 metres event at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships, and so decided to participate in the 400 metres race instead.[6][9] Alex Haydock-Wilson finished first at the men's 400 metres event, but was later disqualified. As a result, Ben Higgins was declared the event winner.[5]

The men's Para Mixed Ambulant 60m sprints was won by Zac Shaw in a T12 record time of 6.98 seconds.[7] Thomas Young and Emmanuel Oyinbo-Coker finished second and third respectively.[7] The women's event was won by Sophie Hahn, ahead of Faye Olszowka and Esme O'Connell.[7]

On the first day of the Championships, five athletes achieved qualification for the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships.[10] On the second day, eight further athletes qualified for the World Championships.[5] On 1 March, UK Athletics announced that 33 athletes would compete for Great Britain at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships.[11] On 3 March, three additional competitors were announced, bringing the total up to 36.[12]

Results

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres[13] Adam Thomas 6.56s PB Andrew Robertson 6.58s SB Jeremiah Azu 6.61s
200 metres[14] Toby Harries 20.99s PB Ben Snaith 21.01s PB Joe Ferguson 21.35s
400 metres[15] Ben Higgins 46.82s James Williams 46.89s Sam Reardon 47.01s
800 metres[16] Elliot Giles 1:47.99 Guy Learmonth 1:48.58 Ben Greenwood 1:49.13
1500 metres[17] Piers Copeland 3:49.01 Neil Gourley 3:49.13 Charlie Grice 3:50.22
3000 metres[18] Marc Scott 7:53.35 SB Jamaine Coleman 7:53.92 James West 7:53.95
3000 metres race walk[19] Christopher Snook 12:27.27 PB Tom Pattington 12:41.43 PB Luc Legon 13:15.66 SB
60 metres hurdles[20] Andrew Pozzi 7.67s Cameron Fillery 7.85s Miguel Perera 7.87s
High jump[21] Kelechi Aguocha
David Smith		 2.13m Not awarded Joel Clarke-Khan
William Grimsey		 2.09m
Pole vault[22] Harry Coppell 5.50m Ethan Walsh 5.07m SB Jack Phipps 5.07m SB
Long jump[23] Samuel Khogali 7.54m PB Murray Fotheringham 7.46m Allan Hamilton 7.41m SB
Triple jump[24] Seun Okome 16.13m PB Ben Williams 16.05m SB Jude Bright-Davies 15.91m PB
Shot put[25] Scott Lincoln 19.52m Youcef Zatat 17.79m Patrick Swan 17.09m PB
Heptathlon[26] Lewis Church 5488 SB Harry Kendall 5441 PB Howard Bell 5434 PB
Para Mixed Ambulant 60 Metres[27] Zac Shaw 6.98s NR Thomas Young 7.04s Emmanuel Oyinbo-Coker 7.15s PB

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres[28] Cheyanne Evans-Gray 7.25s Alisha Rees 7.31s PB Kimbeley Baptiste 7.33s
200 metres[29] Hannah Brier 23.64s PB Ellie Booker 23.70s PB Jazmine Moss 23.94
400 metres[30] Jessie Knight 52.37s Keely Hodgkinson 52.42s PB Ama Pipi 52.43
800 metres[31] Jenny Selman 2:08.29 Jemma Reekie 2:08.52 Abigal Ives 2:08.98
1500 metres[32] Adelle Tracey 4:13.14 Erin Wallace 4:14.72 Holly Archer 4:18.36
3000 metres[33] Amy-Eloise Markovc 9:04.26 Amelia Quirk 9:06.21 SB Isobel Fry 9:09.30
3000 metres race walk[34] Bethan Davies 13:24:07 SB Hannah Hopper 14:24.14 PB Erika Kelly 14:24.64 SB
60 metres hurdles[35] Megan Marrs 8.15s SB Holly Mills 8.20s Alicia Barrett 8.23s
High jump[36] Laura Zialor 1.88m Emily Borthwick 1.88m Kate Anson 1.82m SB
Pole vault[37] Sophie Cook 4.45m SB Jade Ive 4.40m SB Sophie Ashurst 4.15m PB
Long jump[38] Lorraine Ugen 6.75m CR Jahisha Thomas 6.45m Jazmin Sawyers 6.42m
Triple jump[39] Naomi Metzger 13.81m Emily Gargan 12.69m PB Lia Stephenson 12.64m SB
Shot put Sophie McKinna 18.82m CR Amelia Strickler 17.62m SB Adele Nicoll 17.02m PB
Pentathlon[40] Ella Rush 4365 CR Jodie Smith 4277 PB Lauren Evans 4020 PB
Para Mixed Ambulant 60 Metres[41] Sophie Hahn 8.11s NR Faye Olszowka 8.30s Esme O'Connell 8.39s PB

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