England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
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| CGA | Commonwealth Games England | ||||||||||||||||
| Website | weareengland |
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| Competitors | 416 in 18 sports | ||||||||||||||||
| Flag bearer | Opening: Nick Matthew Closing: Kate Richardson-Walsh |
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England competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. Commonwealth Games England has named a team of 416 athletes consisting of 216 men and 200 women across the 18 disciplines.
On 11 September 2013, Commonwealth Games England announced the appointment of Chef-de-Mission Jan Paterson and her support team.
On 20 November 2013, Commonwealth Games England announced the appointment of Team Leaders for the 18 sports.
On 14 May 2014, Commonwealth Games England announced that Steve Way and Amy Whitehead had been selected to compete in the men's and women's marathons respectively. On 16 June, Commonwealth Games England announced a track and field team of 129 athletes including the previously selected marathon runners. On 8 July, Commonwealth Games England announced that heptathlete Morgan Lake had withdrawn from the team to concentrate on the World Junior Athletics Championships. Grace Clements has been selected to replace her. Following medical advice heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson withdrew from the team due to injury on 21 July. On the eve of the opening ceremony, sprinter Dwain Chambers announced his withdrawal from the 4 x 100 metres relay squad, to concentrate on running the individual 100 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships in Zurich eight days later. On the same day, Jessica Tappin was announced as Johnson-Thompson's replacement in the heptathlon.Meghan Beesley (400m hurdles) and Chris Thompson (10000m) withdrew due to injury. Laura Wake was named as a replacement for Beesley. Having been selected to compete in the 5000m and 10000m at the European Athletics Championships, Jo Pavey withdrew from the 10000m, although she still competed in the 5000m. Kate Avery was selected to replace her in the 10000m. On the first day of the Games it was announced that Mo Farah had withdrawn from the team due to illness.
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