Delano Williams - File

2012 World Junior Champion 200m gold medallist Delano Williams has revealed that he has contemplated representing Jamaica at the senior level.

The Turks and Caicos Islands born Williams cannot run for his native country at the Olympics, as they are not recognised by the International Olympic Committee, however, using a similar by-law to Anguillan long jumper Shara Proctor, he is eligible to represent Great Britain as Turks and Caicos is a British overseas territory.

Williams moved to Jamaica in 2008, after Hurricane Ike destroyed his school. He enrolled in a boarding school for boys, Munro College, and has represented them at the annual ISSA Boys and Girls' Champion-ships since.

In 2012, he won the Class One double (100m and 200m), becoming the first non-Jamaican to achieve the feat, which he repeated at last month's staging.

"I have had a lot of thoughts about that (switching allegiance to Jamaica), but I have to look at the opportunities," Williams said.

"Jamaica has a lot of sprinters and to make the team is really, really hard. It is all about opportunity and where I can make the team and best put Delano forward on the world stage and on the circuit."

Williams believes his best bet is to compete under the British flag on the international stage, though feeling unappreciated by his home land.

Williams, who is into his final year at Munro, has an undeniable love for Jamaica and has long decided that he will remain in the island and train after high school with a deal having been reached to join the likes of Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake at the Glen Mills-led Racers Track Club.

"I start with Racers this October, so my coach (Neil Harrison) will take me right up to Moscow (World Champion-ships) and after that I will have a month off and then I start with Racers," Williams said.

"I am looking forward to it, the professional side is going to be hard, because it is not just running, it is a business, as I have to make a living for myself, and I think I can once I stay focused."

Williams' winning time of 20.27 seconds in the 200m final at Champs bettered the 2013 IAAF World Champion-ship 'A' qualifying standard (20.52).

He can represent the Turks and Caicos Islands at the World Championships, as the same rules do not apply as the Olympics, but he might opt to try out for Great Britain's team, as he did for last year's Olympics were he placed fifth at the trials.