Athletics U.K. OLYMPIC TEAM

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29263, 22 July 1960, Page 20

Athletics U.K. OLYMPIC TEAM

Pirie Selected

Again

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, July 21

G. Pirie has been given another chance to achieve his greatest ambition—to complete a “golden double” at the Olympics. He was chosen yesterday for both the 5000 and 10,000 metres at the Games in Rome next month. Pirie is on a provisional list of 40 men and women athletes announced by the British Amateur Athletic Board It is the third time that Pirie has been nominated for the double, but he has failed to win a gold medal.

Pirie’s protege, M. Wiggs, is the board’s only choice at present for the 1500 metres. P. Radford, Britain’s fastest-ever sprinter, has been nominated for the 100 and 200 metres. One of the big surprises is the omission of the national 3000-metre steeplechase champion, E. Shirley. Among others left out are the European 800 metres champion, M. Rawson, and S. Eldono, the “galloping cop,” who holds the British sixmile record. The team is:— Men ' 100 metres, P. F. Radford; 200 metres, Radford, D. H. Jones, D. H. Segal; 400 metres, R. I. Brightwell, J. D. Wrighton; 800 metres, T. S. Farrell, B. S. Hewson; 150 Q metres, M. E. Wiggs; 5000 metres, D. A. G. Pirie, F. G. J. Salvat, M. B. S. Tulloh; 10,000 metres, Pirie. M. Hyman, J. L. Merriman; 4 x 100 metres relay, Radford, Jones. Segal, N. J. Whithead. High jump, C. W. Fairbrother, G. A. Miller; shot, M. R. Lindsay, M. T. Lucking, A. Rowe; discus. Lindsay; hammer, M. J. Ellis. Marathon, A. P. Kiely, B. L. Wilby; 20-kilometre walk, D. W. Hall, K. J. Matthews, S. F. Vickers; 50-kilo-metre w’alk, D. J. Thompson, T. W Misson. Women 100 metres, D. Hyman, J. Smart; 200 metres, Hyman, Smart; 800 metres, D. S. Charles, J. Jordan, P. Perkins; 80 metres hurdles, C. L. Quinton, M. D. Signal; 4 x .100 metres relay, Hyman, Smart, Quinton, Bignal. long jump, Bignal; high jump, D. A. Shirley; shot and discus, S. Alday; javelin, S. Platt, A. Williams.