editor’s comment
JUST WHEN the United Kingdom is leaving the European Union and English footballers are exiting from Euro 2016, British Athletics has decided to support the continent’s flagship track and field event like never before. Many expected a GB development team to be sent to next week’s European Championships in Amsterdam. But instead a record-sized squad packed with quality and quantity will attempt to repeat the medal table-topping heroics from Zurich 2014.
Asha Philip: among the smiling athletes booking their seats to Rio at the British Champs last weekend – see pages 6-32
MARK SHEARMAN