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(often referred to as ''Great Britain'') is competing at the

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from 15–23 August.

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announced a team of 60 athletes in July in preparation for the competition, although it was known that some athletes might not compete due to injury.

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entered the competition as the defending

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champion. Selected athletes had achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards. Ohuruogu,

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, and

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were identified as the athletes with the greatest chance of winning a gold medal; two of them succeeded. The team included the defending 400m gold and silver medallists, Ohuruogu and Nicola Sanders, respectively. Paula Radcliffe, the Marathon gold medallist in

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, was the other individual medallist returning to the GBR team. Head coach

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stated that matching the last championships medal haul (5) was a reasonable target given a number of high-profile injuries. Germaine Mason and Toby Sandeman withdrew from the squad due to injuries before the start of the competition.Injury ends Mason's Berlin hopes

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(5 August 2009). Retrieved 5 August 2009.

Team selection

;Track and road events ;Field and combined events

Results

Men

;Track and field events

Women

;Track, field and road events

Footnotes

References

External links

Official competition website
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