Pavey to compete in cross-country

Olympic 5,000 metres finalist Jo Pavey has been selected for the Norwich Union Great Britain and Northern Ireland team to compete in the Spar European Cross-Country Championships next month.

Pavey, who was fifth in Athens, has been selected alongside Hayley Yelling, Helen Clitheroe and Natalie Harvey, who were the first three home in the trial race incorporated into Saturday’s Reebok London Cross Challenge at Parliament Hill Fields.