England not looking past domestic rivals

The 28-year-old was a 1500m silver medallist in Daegu back in 2011 but will face plenty of opposition for a spot on Britain’s squad with the likes of Laura Muir and Laura Weightman pushing hard for inclusion.

England will take to the track in June for the Birmingham Grand Prix before she looks to seal qualification for Beijing a month later at the British Championships.

And she says it would be a mistake to look beyond the domestic competition and has put thoughts of China on the backburner for now.

"I'm hoping to run at the Diamond League here in Birmingham at the start of June if everything is going well," she told British Athletics.

"I'll be getting ready to open up my season in early June to tune up before the British Championships where I will try to qualify for the World Championships in Beijing.

"The first goal is always to make the team. As always, the British team have a great bunch of 1500m girls and it’s a massive challenge in itself to qualify for the team, so I try not to look too far past that. "However, concentrating on that and achieving qualification puts you in good stead when moving onto the World Championships."

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