Beijing Olympian Winston Gordon has been slected in a 14-strong British judo team for the 2009 World Championships, the first under new head coach Patrick Roux.

The Budokwai/Wandsworth Lightning member is one of five Britons who competed in the Far East last year named for the tournament, in Rotterdam from August 26-30.

It is first time in recent history a full team of 14 has been named by Britain for a World Championships, in a bid to develop a full team for 2012.

Roux, formerly the assistant technical director at the French Judo Federation, took up his role at British Judo following the Beijing Games.

Since his arrival, he has been central to development of the British Judo Performance Institute, the sport’s new centralised training centre, critical to rebuilding the British system in order for the sport to return to its Olympic medal-winning ways.

With his programme focused on the development towards London 2012, Roux said: “Although the World Championships are always a major milestone event, for us our target is London 2012.

“We have to wait to see the draw in Rotterdam and, as we know, judo can prove unpredictable.

“However, we have some players capable of reaching the final block of fights in Rotterdam and then the possibility to challenge for medals.”