Adam Gemili wins men's 200m at British Athletics Championships and Olympic trials to confirm Tokyo spot

Adam Gemili, the 2014 European champion in the men's 200m, will take to the start line at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in 2021 after winning the final at the British Athletics Championships and Olympic trials in Manchester on Sunday 27 June.

He will look to improve on his fourth place from the Rio 2016 final, after overcoming windy conditions to cross the line in 20.63 seconds (-1.7 m/s).

As he had already previously achieved the Tokyo qualifying standard, the win guarantees his selection as one of British Athletics' qualifiers for the event.

Fellow Rio 2016 Olympian Richard Kilty had started out strongly, but Londoner Gemili had taken the lead by the bend and eased home on the final straight knowing finishing in the top two was all he needed.

"It was about getting selection, and I'm on the plane to Tokyo, so I'm super happy," he explained after the race. "Today was just about getting in that top two and guaranteeing my selection. I've done that, and I've got five weeks to make sure I get it right."

Gemili did not run in the 100m at the Championships and trials, but said he would consider running it in Tokyo too.

"That was the plan (focusing on the 200) at the beginning of the season, but it could change. We'll speak to selectors and see what they say."

Rare double for Williams

With world champion Dina Asher-Smith, who qualified in the 100m on Saturday, already qualified in the 200m, attention instead turned to the 400m British champion Jodie Williams.

Williams, whose victory in the longer distance on Saturday booked her spot at Tokyo, overcame an even stronger headwind (-2.9 m/s) to take the win in the women's 200m final in 23.02 seconds.

That made her the first woman to do the 200-400 double since 2005.

There was a surprise in the women's 800m as Laura Muir missed out on automatic qualification.

Keely Hodgkinson (1:59.61) and Jemma Reekie (2:00.12) were the first two across the line to seal their Olympic berths.

Other Olympic qualifiers on Sunday included Zak Seddon (men's 3000m steeplechase), Harry Coppell (men's pole vault), Jessica Judd (women's 5000m), Tiffany Porter (women's 100m hurdles), Morgan Lake (women's high jump), Jazmin Sawyers (women's long jump), Elliot Giles and Oliver Dustin (men's 800m), Sophie McKinna (women's shot put), and Taylor Campbell (men's hammer throw).