Christine Ohuruogu is one of several leading British athletes to have had their National Lottery funding cut for the 2017 season.

The 32-year-old, a former Olympic and two-time world champion over 400 metres, has been downgraded from top-level podium funding to relay funding.  Injury plagued former 400m hurdler world champion Dai Greene and James Dasaolu, Britain’s second fastest man ever over 100m, have both been stripped of their funding completely, British Athletics revealed on Wednesday when it released the athletes selected on its world-class performance programmes for 2016-17.

The total number of Olympic athletes on podium funding has dropped from 21 to 15 ahead of next year’s World Championships in London, with the retired Jessica Ennis-Hill, sprint hurdlers Andy Pozzi and William Sharman, 1500m runner Laura Weightman and 800m runner Andrew Osagie joining Greene and Ohurougu in dropping off.

American-born 100m hurder Cindy Ofili has been awarded top-level funding after finishing fourth at the Rio Olympics. Pozzi remains on the WCPP, but has been relegated to the lower-level podium potential funding. British Athletics’ WCPP is funded by the Lottery through UK Sport, with selection based upon the potential to win medals at an Olympics or Paralympics.