Dina Asher-Smith seizes her golden opportunity to win the world championship 200 meters and become the first British woman to claim a major global sprint title.
DOHA - Dina Asher-Smith seized her golden opportunity to win the world championship 200 metres on Wednesday and become the first British woman to claim a global sprint title.
“You’re only the favourite if you go out and perform how people expect you to and I was really focussed on putting together a good race,” said Asher-Smith. “I dreamt of this but now it’s real. The once mighty United States, who had been a non-factor in the women’s sprints in Doha, also benefited from the scratches as Brittany Brown grabbed the silver in 22.22.The fight for medals was blown wide open when some of sprinting’s biggest names withdrew during the earlier rounds.
The world 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and bronze medallist Marie-Josee Ta Lou scratched because of soreness from earlier races while Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare, who had run the third fastest time this season, was disqualified in her heat.
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