A DEJECTED Gianni Frankis admits he may have to consider his future in the sport after it seems almost certain he will miss out on a spot at the World Championships.

Despite finishing second in the 110m hurdles at the British Championships and trials for the World Championships yesterday, Frankis, from Pitsea, did not run fast enough to get the qualifying time.

The 25-year-old was convinced he was in shape to have run at least the 13.50s needed to have got the “B-standard” time.

But after a great start, Frankis was reeled in by rival Will Sharman and had to settle for silver in 13.60s.

It means, Frankis — who represented Great Britain at the World Championships in 2009 — will come so close yet so far to representing his country at a major global championship.

And the Newham & Essex Beagle says he may now have to consider his future in the sport.

“I’m so close but financially I don’t know if I can afford to keep going,” said a devastated Frankis who has been in great form this season, setting a personal best of 13.54s.

“I’m really disappointed. I thought I was at least in the shape to get the B-standard time. I started off really well but I didn’t finish it off. I can’t explain why.

“The qualification times seemed to be getting lower each year. I’m so close to them but I can’t have a go at the standards too much.”

There was disappointment too for Southend AC’s Adam Hickey who looked in great shape in the early stages of the 5,000m.

But the re-emergence of an Achilles injury that troubled him over the winter meant he had to pull out of the race after around 3,000m.

His team-mate Paul Whittaker finished in 10th place in 14m 50.90s.

It was not the best of weekends either for Basildon middle distance specialist James Shane.

Shane, who won the 1,500m national title the last time he raced the British Championships in 2011, was surprisingly run out of the heats for the same distance this time around.

Two 17-year-olds making their first appearances at a national outdoor championships also found it tough going.

Basildon AC's Kaylee Dodd could not get out of her heat in the 800m, running 2m 9.77s, while Rayleigh’s Sophie Riches suffered the same fate in the 1,500m, clocking 4m 40.64s.

In the same heat as Riches was Basildon AC’s Gemma Kersey.

She looked well set to make it into her third final in as many years but tied up on the last lap to finish just outside qualifying with a time of 4m 20.58s.