Britain’s Gemili in danger of missing world c’ships

LONDON: Britain’s Adam Gemili may well miss out on individual selection for next month’s World Athletics Championships after finishing sixth in the men’s 200 metres final at the British trials in Birmingham on Sunday.

Gemili, the 2014 European champion at the distance, refused to blame a thigh problem for his poor performance which left him in danger of missing out on the third discretionary place after Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake and Danny Talbot claimed the top two spots.

“That’s nowhere near my standard — I didn’t come in and execute a good race at all,” said Gemili. “I’m not fit and where I need to be at the moment but I had to race here and I gave it my best shot.“I have to put forward my case based on my history but at the moment I’ve got a lot of work to do. I’ve not been running 100 percent all season and we’ll see what’s going to happen.”