“I’ve got two weeks until the World Juniors so I’m just going to get my head down and train hard for that,” he said. “That was my aim for this year until I ran 10.08secs and the Olympics became a possibility.
“After that it’s all focused on the Olympics.”
Gemili only made the full-time switch to athletics in January, having previously been on the books of Dagenham & Redbridge as well as Chelsea.
Having already attained the ‘A’ standard, the Blackheath and Bromley Harrier finished runner-up to Dwain Chambers in Birmingham to seal his Olympic spot.
He admitted that the scale of his achievement had only just hit home
“It took a while to sink in,” he said. “The night after I ran I didn’t get to sleep until three in the morning. I just couldn’t believe it. It was a new feeling for me.
