British sprinter Adam Gemili has revealed he was given little choice but to compete at the trials for the London 2017 World Championships despite being injured.
Gemili, 23, who missed out on Olympic 200m bronze by three-thousandths of a second last summer, was only able to finish sixth at the trials in Birmingham as he struggled with a hamstring injury.
He told British newspapers: "I didn't want to race there but the powers that be said if I wanted to make the team then I had to. I was trying to run with one leg.
"I had a terrible race and I could have stopped, maybe I should have, but I was too proud to go out there and pull up. It was crazy to be at trials but then see other people weren't there.
"If had my time again I wouldn't go to trials. I probably would have run at the Anniversary Games after an extra week of training and a bit more rest, and it might have been a different story."
Londoner Gemili, who was overlooked in favour of Zharnel Hughes, added: "This is worse than tearing your hamstring, worse than missing out on an Olympic medal. This is a lot harder to cope with mentally because I'm completely fit now and because I told them I would be, that's annoying.
"It's a home world champs and that doesn't happen often. It'll be tough to watch the 200 because I would've loved to compete but it's going to be exciting because I believe we could get three Brits in a world championships final for the first time in a long time and they could all be challenging for podium or even gold, especially with [Usain] Bolt only doing the 100m."
Gemili -- the first British man in history to break 10 seconds for 100m and 20 seconds for 200m -- will compete in the British 4x100m team along with Hughes, CJ Ujah, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Danny Talbot, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, and Reece Prescod.