Callum Hawkins, who finished fourth at the World Championships in 2019 and had already secured pre-selection. Davis, a part-time athlete who only ran her first marathon in September 2018, set a new personal best in winning the trials and will be joined in the women’s marathon in Sapporo by Jess Piasecki and Steph Twell.
Tom Bosworth will contest the race walk after finishing second in the trials having already achieved the qualifying time. UK Athletics performance director and Team GB athletics team leader Sara Symington said: “We are really pleased to be announcing the first seven members of the athletics team for the Tokyo Olympic Games. Gallery: Golden oldies - Champion sportspeople over 40 (dw.
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