DANNY Talbot concedes he may need to run the 200m of his life in Rio to get a shot at Olympic relay glory.

Great Britain can lay claim to four of the five fastest 4x100m times in 2016, although three of those were run by teams not featuring the Trowbridge sprinter.

The GB quartet of James Dasaolu, Adam Gemili, James Ellington and CJ Ujah stormed to European Championship gold in Amsterdam in early July and followed that up by flying out to Brazil fresh off the back of a world leading time of 37.78 seconds at the London Anniversary Games.

Although a Great Britain B team, which included Talbot, finished just 0.03 seconds behind at the Olympic Stadium that night, the 25-year-old admits he is probably not in one of the prime slots right now but is confident he can change that with a strong individual performance in the 200m, which starts in Rio tomorrow.

“It’s very difficult to say (what the team will be) but those guys are obviously in a great position and they all ran so well,” said Talbot.

“We have just got so many sprinters at the moment and you can pick and choose who you want to race in each competition.

“Those guys have run really well but at the same time, going into Beijing for the World Championships last year, I wasn’t really in the strike four, as they call it, but I ended up running well in the 200m and they put me on the back straight in the relay.

“Nothing is set in stone, if I go out and run 19.9 seconds in the 200m, I guess I would be in the relay but at the moment, those guys are running really well.”

Talbot has been involved with several disappointments as part of a GB relay quartet at major championships in recent years. They were disqualified in the heats at London 2012 and failed to get the baton round altogether in the World Championship final 12 months ago.

Whether or not he gets the nod to run in Rio, Talbot has urged all of Britain’s sprinters to work together to ensure there is not another near miss this summer.

“I think we are getting the right attitude as a team right now. It doesn’t matter who runs, we want the team to come back with a medal because we know we are good enough,” said Talbot.

“Over the last few years, we have been getting to finals and we are always in contention but for one reason or another, it doesn’t work out.

“Whatever team goes out there, if we all get behind them, we will get that medal.”