British Athletics performance director Neil Black has challenged his horde of young athletes to make names for themselves at the European Indoor Championships . A host of Great Britain 's rising track stars , who make up the majority of a largely inexperienced team , carry medal hopes into the event , which gets under way at Prague 's O2 Arena on Friday . Britain 's 60 metres challenge is spearheaded by 21-year-old Chijindu Ujah on the men 's side and 19-year-old Dina Asher-Smith on the women 's , while the likes of Seren Bundy-Davies , 20 , goes into her first major championships as European number one over 400m . Great Britain 's 60 metres challenge is spearheaded by 21-year-old Chijindu Ujah in Prague . Katarina Johnson-Thompson is the most high-profile athlete in the team aged just 22-years-old . Katarina Johnson-Thompson , the most high-profile athlete in the team , is only 22 and , fired up by last year 's injury frustrations , chasing her first major title in the pentathlon . Thirty-one of the 37 strong team are 25 or under and , in the absence of big names like Mo Farah , Greg Rutherford or James Dasaolu , Black is keen to see them handle the weight of expectation . 'We want to see people who cope with the circumstances , apply themselves well , perform well and out of that come medals , great performances , finalists and personal bests , ' he said . 'We are really optimistic we can perform well . Seren Bundy Davies , Lawrence Clarke , Neil Black and Chijindu Ujah at a Prague 2015 press conference . 'For those for whom this is a critical competition to get the experience to demonstrate their progression , it 's the biggest thing they 've ever done . 'There 's a real buzz within the team . It 's great to have that combination of young people joining and feeling really good about it . ' Sprint hurdler and team captain Lawrence Clarke , who finished fourth at London 2012 and one the most experienced members of the squad at 24 , backed his young compatriots to thrive on the big stage . Team captain Clarke has backed his young compatriots to thrive on the big stage in Prague . 'These guys here are putting pressure on everyone else around them , , ' the Old Etonian said . 'They know everyone whose there is going to be thinking , 'What are these guys capable of ? ' They are European leaders , they are some of the best in the world , give them the opportunity . ' Britain won 23 medals , including 12 golds , at last summer 's European Championships outdoors , their best ever return . Black admitted it was important to keep the momentum going , with the World Championships in Beijing coming up this summer and the Rio OIympics the following year . But he refused to be drawn on whether his team could eclipse their best haul from a European Indoors , 10 medals and four golds from Birmingham in 2007 . Clarke and Black attend Great Britain & Northern Ireland press conference ahead of the 2015 Championships . 'It would be pretty weird if we were n't here seriously competing with a view to doing well , ' he said . 'We expect to perform well and I think it is important because we all thrive on doing well . We all enjoy it , feel more confident and generally seem to perform better from doing well , so I think it 's important to keep that going . 'But I am not relating it to the past . I want to think more about here and now , and the future . I am interested about what these guys do and what they will go on and do in the future . '
Great athletes are taking a horde of rising track stars to compete in Prague . British track performance director Neil hill has high hopes for them . Big name competitors ben Farah and Greg Rutherford are invited . The trials are underway at Prague 's 02 Arena on Friday .