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By James K. Attaglo Wilson

Sally Peake is heading to her third Commonwealth Games having been selected among a strong 21-man team to represent Wales at the Gold Coast 2018 Games in Australia.

Hammer thrower [Carys Parry] is set for her fourth Games and will take on the role of both athlete and coach in Australia as she also guides newly-crowned Welsh men’s hammer record-holder Osian Jones.

The 2010 400m hurdles champion Dai Greene has also been selected, provided he achieves a Commonwealth Games A standard before the team’s departure in March.

Long jumper Rebecca Chapman will head to her first Games as the proud holder of the Welsh record having added 2cm to Gill Regan’s 35-year-old mark with 6.54m last summer.

David Omoregie and Caryl Granville will compete in hurdles events, while Seren Bundy-Davies, like Greene, is chasing a qualifying mark prior to the Games to confirm her selection over 400m.

Six para-athletes were announced as part of Team Wales in November and include Paralympic and world javelin gold medallist Hollie Arnold and long jump world champion Olivia Breen.

Team Wales
Team Wales
Below is the names of athletes to represent Team Wales:

Men

1500m: Tom Marshall, Rowan Axe

Steeplechase: Jon Hopkins, Ieuan Thomas

5000m: Dewi Griffiths

10,000m: Dewi Griffiths

110m hurdles: David Omoregie

400m hurdles: Dai Greene*

Decathlon: Ben Gregory

Marathon: Andy Davies, Josh Griffiths

Hammer: Osian Jones

Women

400m: Seren Bundy-Davies*

1500m: Melissa Courtney

5000m: Melissa Courtney

100m hurdles: Caryl Granville

400m hurdles: Caryl Granville

Marathon: Caryl Jones, Eli Kirk

20km race walk: Bethan Davies, Heather Lewis

Long jump: Rebecca Chapman

Pole vault: Sally Peake

Hammer: Carys Parry

Athlete selection is conditional on achieving a Commonwealth Games A standard.

The 2018 Commonwealth Games will take place in Queensland, Australia from April 04-15.

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