Farah, who announced his availability last month in the wake of a respectable but unsensational marathon debut in London, will thus seek to emulate the achievement of Uganda's Moses Kipsiro at the Delhi 2010 Games in what will be his second Commonwealth appearance following his ninth place in the 5,000m at Mebourne 2006. 

But Farah's fellow world champion, Christine Ohuruogu, has been named only in the 400m relay squad after struggling for form in recent weeks.

Ohuruogu, whose victory at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne marked the start of an international career which has brought her Olympic gold and silver and two world titles, finished eighth and last in International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League meeting in New York City on Saturday (June 14). 

There is no place for sprinter Chijindu Ujah, who became the third fastest British 100m runner of all time behind Linford Christie and James Dasaolu when he clocked 9.96sec at the FBK Games in the Netherlands on June 8.

It is understood that he was not considered for the individual 100m because his effort came because qualification cut-off period had ended seven days earlier. 

The 20-year-old Londoner's coach Jonas Tawiah-Dodoo, who also coaches Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford, was asked whether the sprinter wanted to be considered for the 4x100m relay squad, but Ujah preferred to concentrate on the European Championships, which are due to begin in Zurich shortly after the Commonwealth Games.

Seventeen-year-old Morgan Lake joins Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Jessica Taylor in the heptathlon and is hoping to become the youngest track and field athlete to win an individual Commonwealth Games medal for England.

There is also a place in the 800m for 33-year-old world bronze medallist and European indoor champion Jenny Meadows, who made her return to outdoor running for the first time since September 2011 at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Doha last month after suffering persistent Achilles tendon problems.

Jenny Meadows, who is competing outdoors this season for the first time since September 2011 because of lengthy Achilles tendon problems, is named in Commonwealth Games England's 129-strong squad of athletes for Glasgow 2014 ©Getty Images

The England team includes 42 athletes with previous Commonwealth Games experience, including four current champions or previous winners.

Among them are four athletes who lead the 2014 Commonwealth rankings in their events: Steve Lewis in the pole vault, Rutherford in the long jump, Phillips Idowu in triple jump and Johnson-Thompson in the heptathlon.

Other strong medal contenders at the Games, at which athletics is due be staged from July 27 to August 3, will be William Sharman in the 110m hurdles, Nick Miller and Alex Smith in the hammer, Ashley Bryant in the pole vault, Jessica Judd in the 800m, Laura Weightman in the 1500m, Jo Pavey in the 5,000m and 10,000m, Julia Bleasdale in the 10,000m,  Tiffany Porter in the 100m hurdles, Meghan Beesley in the 400m hurdles, Shara Proctor in the long jump, Sophie Hitchon in the hammer, Goldie Sayers in the javelin and Lake in the heptathlon.

Peter Stanley, England's team leader, said: "We are delighted to be taking a team to Glasgow that contains a combination of experienced athletes who have won medals at the highest levels of competition and athletes we believe are ready to make their mark at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

"Seeing the form already shown this summer by athletes in the squad has been tremendous and I look forward to seeing the athletes seizing the opportunities that the Games will bring."

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