By Riath Al-Samarrai for MailOnline
Published: 16:15 GMT, 17 February 2019 | Updated: 16:15 GMT, 17 February 2019
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British Athletics has defended its selection policy following the farce of only one sprinter making the team for the European Indoor Championships in Glasgow.
They face the enormously embarrassing situation of taking only Ojie Edoburun to contest the 60m next month and leaving two spaces in the team unfilled.
But performance director Neil Black indicated there would be no changes to the selection method, which set the qualifying mark at an excessively quick 6.60sec and mandated that athletes attended the British Indoor Championships.
British Athletics face situation of taking only Ojie Edoburun (right) to contest 60m next month
While that latter requirement is sensible, the qualifying time has been questioned within the sport, considering European Athletics impose a far lesser standard at 6.78sec and only seven Europeans have run 6.60sec or better this season.
It has meant no place for a proven championship performer in Richard Kilty, who has won the past two European 60m gold medals but could only manage 6.63sec on Saturday in his final meet before the selection cut-off.
The situation is mildly humiliating for Britain going into a home championships and the frustration is exacerbated by Britain having its finest ever generation of sprinters, led by Reece
