England wait on Holmes decision

Radcliffe and Holmes were named in an 80-strong England squad by selectors.

Radcliffe has been selected to defend her 5000m title as well as the 10,000m but will only compete in one event.

Holmes, who has been suffering from an Achilles injury, has been named for the 1500m and 800m but may not confirm her participation until next month.

The double Olympic champion has contested only two races this summer because of injury.

I've told the selectors I will give it until mid-November to make my decision whether to compete Kelly Holmes

"We'll have to wait and see whether I am fit enough," said Holmes, who won the 1500m at the Games in Manchester three years ago.

"I've told the selectors I will give it until mid-November to make my decision whether to compete.

"If I'm not fit enough that will give them enough time to pick somebody else who will have plenty of time to prepare for the Games."

Radcliffe, who won the marathon at last month's World Championships in Helsinki, has already announced she will only compete in one race in Melbourne but remains uncertain which it will be.

Also named in the squad, triple-jumper Ashia Hansen will hope the incentive of a third consecutive Commonwealth crown will spur her further in her fight against the knee injury she suffered in May last year.

Donna Fraser has been selected to double up in the 200m and 400m; Natasha Danvers-Smith will return from giving birth to a son last December to contend the 400m hurdles while Kelly Sotherton and Jade Johnson go head-to-head in the long jump.

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Among the men, Jason Gardener and Mark Lewis-Francis have been selected for the 100m, while Darren Campbell is on the team for the 200m and the 4x100m relay, and Chris Rawlinson has been given the chance to defend his Commonwealth crown in the 400m hurdles.

The the most prominent absence is Nathan Douglas, who set a personal best of 17.64m at the Commonwealth trials in July, with Phillips Idowu and Larry Achike instead making the trip.

2002 long jump champion, Nathan Morgan, has also failed to make the squad.

ENGLAND'S COMMONWEALTH GAMES SQUAD:

Women
100m - Emma Ania
200m - Donna Fraser, Abi Oyepitan
400m - Christine Ohuruogu, Donna Fraser
800m - Kelly Holmes
1500m - Helen Clitheroe, Kelly Holmes, Lisa Dobriskey
5000m - Jo Pavey, Paula Radcliffe, Natalie Harvey
10,000m - Paula Radcliffe, Hayley Yelling, Mara Yamauchi
3000m steeplechase - Tina Brown, Jo Ankier
100m hurdles - Sarah Claxton, Diane Allahgreen, Julie Pratt
400m hurdles - Nicola Sanders, Sian Scott, Natasha Danvers-Smith
High jump - Julia Bennett, Susan Moncriffe (nee Jones)
Long jump - Jade Johnson, Kelly Sotherton
Triple jump - Nadia Williams, Ashia Hansen
Shot - Joanne Duncan, Julie Dunkley
Discus - Kara Nwidobie, Claire Smithson
Hammer - Zoe Derham, Lorraine Shaw
Javelin - Goldie Sayers, Shelley Holroyd
4x100m relay - Abi Oyepitan, Sarah Claxton, Anyika Onuora, Laura Turner, Emma Ania, Diane Allahgreen
4x400m relay - Kim Wall, Donna Fraser, Christine Ohuruogu, Nicola Sanders, Sian Scott, Natasha Danvers-Smith

Men
100m - Jason Gardener, Mark Lewis Francis
200m - Marlon Devonish, Darren Campbell, Chris Lambert
400m - Robert Tobin, Malachi Davis
1500m - Michael East, Nick McCormick, Andrew Baddeley
5000m - Mo Farah
10,000m - Gavin Thompson
3000m steeplechase - Stuart Stokes, Luke Gunn, Adam Bowden
110m hurdles - Damien Greaves, Andrew Turner, David Hughes 400m hurdles - Chris Rawlinson, Matt Douglas
High jump - Ben Challenger, Martyn Bernard, Tom Parsons
Pole vault - Nick Buckfield, Keith Higham, Steven Lewis
Long jump - Greg Rutherford, Chris Tomlinson
Triple jump - Larry Achike, Phillips Idowu
Shot - Carl Myerscough, Mark Proctor, Scott Rider
Discus - Carl Myerscough, Emeka Udechuku
Hammer - Andy Frost, Mick Jones, Simon Bown
Javelin - Nick Nieland, David Parker
4x100m relay - Craig Pickering, Mark Lewis Francis, Marlon Devonish, Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell,, Chris Lambert
4x400m relay - Andrew Steele, Martyn Rooney, Robert Tobin, Malachi Davis, Graham Hedmam, Chris Rawlinson