Gemili a doubt for World Championships

Earlier this month Gemili, winner of the 200m European title in Zurich last year, became the first ever Briton to run the 100m and 200m in under ten seconds and less than 20 seconds respectively.

However the 21-year-old injured his right leg in the process of registering a time of 9.97 seconds in the 100m at the Birmingham Grand Prix, and has been recovering ever since.

The World Championships run from 22-30 August at the Beijing National Stadium and Gemili admits the bigger picture of Rio is the main focus.

"I'm slowly but surely recovering," said Gemili. "I've got a good bunch of guys working on me. I'm not trying to rush things, but if I can get back on the track before the end of the season that is great.

"Of course it would be great if I was able to make Beijing, but I do not know if that will be possible yet and I am not going to risk anything. We have to look at the bigger picture, with the Rio Olympics obviously the main priority.

"Being the first Brit to go sub-10 and sub-20 is just amazing and it is something I am really proud of achieving.

"It's actually only just now sunk in, I'll always remember the finish unfortunately, but I over-committed to the race."

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