Beijing Olympics: Twell Crowns Final Olympic Track and Field Additions

The world junior 1500m gold medalist Stephanie Twell is amongst the final group of athletes to be selected for the British Olympic track and field squad.

The 18-year-old secured her place when she ran a lifetime best in last night's Paris AF Golden League. Another selected athlete to perform at the Stade de France was Andrew Lemoncello, who achieved a 3000m personal best. "Finding out I have been named in the Olympic team is a moment I will cherish all my life," said Twell. "I want to be able to go as far as possible in the competition, not be overwhelmed by it and learn from the experience."

In the men's relay, Rikki Fifton is an addition to the 4x100m squad while Dale Garland joins the 4x400m team. Ashlee Nelson has been named for the women's 4x100m relay, with Vicki Barr and Donna Fraser in the 4x400m squad. It will be Fraser's fourth Olympic games.

The women's 100m team is strengthened by the addition of Montell Douglas - who broke Kathy Cook's 27-year-old record at Loughborough on Thursday - along with Laura Turner. Named in the 800m squad are Jenny Meadows – who recorded a personal best in Paris – and Jemma Simpson, while Susan Scott joins Twell in completing the 1500m line-up.

Allan Scott has been selected for the 110m hurdles, Sarah Claxton for the 100m hurdles, Martyn Bernard for the high jump and Zoe Derham for the hammer. Hatti Dean, the former UK 3000m steeplechase record holder, has also been named despite missing the trials through injury.

"We have selected a team based on tough criteria and so it should be," said the UK performance director Dave Collins. "It is good to see that so many athletes have stepped up to the challenge and I will be looking for them to continue their progression towards the huge challenges that lie ahead in Beijing.

"The process of selection is never an easy one, but we were very careful to be consistent across the board. In some events, where competition for places was particularly close we based our decisions on a three-part check of performances at the trials, season's bests and head-to-heads.

"We now look forward to Beijing, where each athlete has their own individual targets meet and perhaps, exceed. Some will be gunning for medals, others will be looking to grasp this huge opportunity to learn from and develop into a podium level athlete in the near future."

Today's announcement brings the total number of athletes selected for Team GB to 311 to date.