UK Athletics has officially announced the athletes that are to be retained and added into the UKA futures programme. 

The Programme – which is supported by Nike and delivered in partnership with the Home Country Athletics Federations – is focused on supporting athletes and coaches who have demonstrated the potential to succeed at future Olympic Games.

Key names include European U23 Champions Emily Newnham and Success Eduan, who are joined by there fellow medalists from Bergen including Will Barnicoat and Joy Eze.

New additions to the programme include medalists from the European U20 championships in Tampere Lyla Belshaw (800m) and Otis Poole (High Jump)

Graduates from previous programmes include World Indoor Champions Amber Anning, Jeremiah Azu and 2024 champion Molly Caudery. As well as Olympic medalists Keely Hodgkinson, Charlie Dobson and Yemi Mari John.

New athletes added to the programme 

Mabel Akande (Denise Timmins, Lincoln Wellington) – 100m

Faith Akinbileje (David Sadkin, Blackheath and Bromley) – 200m

Lyla Belshaw (David Smith, Colchester Harriers) – 1500m

Thea Brown (Ashley Bryant, Sale Harriers Manchester) – Heptathlon

Piers Cameron (Kyle Stringer, Birchfield) – Shot Put

Justin Davies (Martin Rush, Team Bath) – 1500m

Henry Jonas (Sonia McGeorge, City of Norwich) – 800m

Shaikira King (Jon Bigg, Wreake & Soar Valley) – 800m

Elizabeth Korczak (Raymond Robinson, Brighton and Hove) - Javelin

Poppy Malik (Nick Dakin, Harrow) – 400m

Jake Minshull (James Wright, Coventry) – 400m

Otis Poole (Joy Bray, Yate) – High Jump

William Rabjohns (Mark Pauley, Poole) – 1500m

Joy Eze (Mike Donnelly, Gateshead) – Relay

Brodie Young (James McMenemy, Airdrie Harriers) – 400m

The Athletes that will retain their place in the programme for next season

Michael Allison (Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow) – Javelin

Sammy Ball (Rafer Joseph, Reading) - Decathlon

Will Barnicoat (Dean Miller, Aldershot Farnham and District) – 5000m

Edward Bird (Mark Pauley, Poole AC) – 3000m

Charlie Carvell (James Wright, Telford AC) – 400m

Success Eduan (Anita Richardson, Sale Harriers Manchester) - 200m

Innes FitzGerald (Gavin Pavey, Exeter) – 3000m

Shannon Flockhart (Mark Vile, Cambridge and Coleridge) – 1500m

Daniel Goriola (Tony Jarrett, Blackheath and Bromley) – 110m Hurdles

Charlotte Henrich (Nigel Stickings, Invicta East Kent) – 400m

Ethan Hussey (Trevor Painter, Leeds) – 800m

Abigail Ives (Luke Gunn, Basildon) – 800m

Ben Jefferies (Bristol and West) – 400m

Ava Lloyd (Trevor Painter, Wigan and District) – 800m

Samael Lunt (James Wright, Liverpool Harriers) – 400m Hurdles

Henry McLuckie (Terance Mahon, Isle of Wight) – 1500m

Emily Newnham (Nick Dakin, Shaftesbury Barnet) – 400m Hurdles

Zara Obamakinwa (Mark Chapman, Blackheath and Bromley) - Discus

Jake Odey-Jordan (Kevin Schexnayder, BFT Track Academy) – 200m

Abigail Pawlett (Ashley Bryant, Trafford) - Heptathlon

Renee Regis (Clarence Callender / Darren Braithwaite, Shaftesbury Barnet) – 100m

Eden Robinson (Christian North, Cardiff Archers) – Heptathlon

Jaden Smith (Shaftesbury Barnet) - 400m

Gemma Tutton (Richard Pilling / David Tutton, Lewes) – Pole Vault

Nia Wedderburn-Goodison (Harrow) – 100m

Teddy Wilson (Marvin Rowe, Shaftesbury Barnet) – 100m

Athletes in the Relays Programme 

Joe Ferguson (Richard Kilty, Sheffield and Dearne) - Relay

Aleeya Sibbons (Colin Bovell, Newham and Essex Beagles) – Relay

Lucy Tallon (Nigel Stickings, Tonbridge) - Relay

Alyson Bell (Anne Scott, Glasgow Jaguars) - Relay

Jeriel Quainoo (Blackheath and Bromley) – Relay

Kissiwaa Mensah (Prince Duwai, Chelmsford) – Relay