Jenny Meadows secures 800m place at World Indoors

Meadows will face her rivals in Birmingham next weekend

Jenny Meadows secured her World Indoor Championships 800m place on Sunday and admitted she would be disappointed not to win a medal in Doha next month.

Meadows led from start to finish in Sheffield at the World Trials and UK Championships for a new stadium record and her sixth national title.

"I'm hoping I can produce a good performance in Doha," she said.

"It's still a big ask, it's a global event, but I'd be gutted if I didn't win a medal."

Meadows, last year's World Championships bronze medallist, finished in two minutes 00.91 seconds - more than two seconds ahead of Liverpool's Vicky Griffiths, who also achieved the qualifying standard.

"I would have like to have run 1:59 but 2:00 on my own is quite good four weeks before Doha," added Meadows.

"I had no idea if I had a big gap or not so half of me was hanging back a little bit to make sure I had enough for the last 150m. I wish I would have pushed on a little bit more maybe but it's great how I felt at the end of that race.

"I wasn't really out of breath at all which was great to show I have a lot more in me. After Birmingham next weekend I'll have faced all my opponents in Doha and after that I will have three weeks to get it right.

"I'm one of the most experienced indoor runners but I've never particularly done myself justice so I want to walk off the track in Doha thinking I've done my best."

Helen Clitheroe, who has joined Meadows' training group this season, dominated her 1500m race to win in 4:13.90 and secure her place in Doha.

Kim Wall also achieved the qualifying standard in winning the 400m in 53.07 and 36-year-old Joice Maduaka clinched a sprint double winning the 200m in a season's best of 23.48 after Saturday's victory in the 60m.

Chambers sets new 60m season's best at indoor trials

Chambers is the reigning European indoor 60m champion

Dwain Chambers produced a stunning display to win the 60m final in the fastest time this year at the indoor World Trials and UK Championships.

Chambers, 31, confirmed his prospects as a World Indoor gold medal contender with a time of 6.50 seconds.

Harry Aikines-Aryeetey finshed second with a personal best of 6.55secs with Craig Pickering in third in Sheffield.

Chambers, who won silver at the World Indoors in 2008 in Valencia, is now ranked number one in the world.

"It's nice but it's still early days, I'm sure the Americans are going to come out and do something crazy," said Chambers, who served a two-year suspension for taking performance-enhancing substances, after his victory.

"It's nice to know I have made the team and can hopefully focus my attention towards Doha now."

Chambers will be joined by Aikines-Aryeetey, 21, in the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for next month's World Indoor Championships in Doha, Bahrain.

"I'm just happy that I'm realising my potential and things are moving in the right direction," said the Londoner.

Olympic relay gold medallist Mark Lewis-Francis finished fourth in a time of 6.67 secs.

Elsewhere, Chris Tomlinson missed out on a seventh long jump title as World Championship finalist Greg Rutherford leaped a season's best of 7.94m, with Tomlinson registering 7.75m.

Elsewhere, Kate Dennison won her fifth successive pole vault title but could not improve her British record following three failures at 4.58m.

Vikki Hubbard missed out on the qualifying standard of 1.92m despite winning the high jump with a clearance of 1.87m, but the Birchfield Harrier can still reach the mark in Croatia next week.

Callum Priestley celebrated his 21st birthday with victory in the 60m hurdles, but failed to make the 7.65secs qualifying standard by 0.04secs, while Joice Maduaka, 36, won her sixth national title in the 60m.

And world bronze medallist Jenny Meadows dominated her 800m heat, leading from start to finish to qualify for Sunday's final.

Dwain Chambers eyeing indoor trials glory in Sheffield

Chambers (centre) won joint-silver at the 2008 World indoors in Valencia

Dwain Chambers faces a strong field at this weekend's indoor World Trials and UK Championships in Sheffield as he goes for a third consecutive 60m title.

After last week's Birmingham Games win, Chambers, 31, should see off fit-again Mark Lewis-Francis and Craig Pickering.

Lewis-Francis has struggled with form and injury but Chambers said his rival's return had given him a "buzz".

Chris Tomlinson (long jump) and Jenny Meadows (800m) also compete with Qatar hosting the World indoors in March.

Despite the absence of World heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis, who pulled out with a minor foot injury but is already assured of her place in Doha, there are still plenty of battles to keep the spectators entertained.

None more so than the 60m where there appears to be a rejuvenation in sprinting competition, pushing Chambers, who has risen to second in the world rankings, to be Britain's number one.

The European indoor champion will be hoping to go one better next month at the World indoors after finishing joint-second with Kim Collins behind Nigerian Olusoji Fasuba in Valencia in 2008.

The Belgrave Harrier is in hot form after clocking 6.57s in the semi-finals and 6.58s for victory at Birmingham last Saturday in the season's opener to beat Lewis-Francis and Harry Aikines-Aryeetey.

John Smith, Lewis-Francis's coach, is optimistic the former world junior champion and relay Olympic gold medallist in 2004 can resurrect his career after a number of Achilles injuries, but added that Chambers was still the man to beat.

"I would never count Dwain out and, when you have a chip on your shoulder, it's easy to run fast," Smith said, referring to Chambers' two-year drug ban from the sport in 2003.

"I think he should have won last time (in Valencia). I'll put pressure on him and say he should win in Doha."

In other events over the weekend, outdoor World Championship bronze medallist Meadows will look for more glory in the 800m, while Tomlinson is seeking a seventh UK title in the long jump following up his win in Glasgow last month.

Pole-vaulter Kate Dennison is also in action as the 25-year-old looks to build on her impressive sixth at last year's World Championships in Berlin and goes for her fifth consecutive national title.