Asher-Smith returns to take bronze | Sunday Observer

Asher-Smith returns to take bronze

23 July, 2022
Dina Asher-Smith
Dina Asher-Smith

A delighted Dina Asher-Smith won 200m world bronze to return to the major championship podium after a year of personal and physical pain.

Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson took gold in the second-fastest time in history, winning in 21.45, only 0.11 seconds off the 34-year-old world record.

Jackson’s compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who won 100m gold earlier in the week, was second in 21.81 seconds.

Asher-Smith’s 2021 Olympics campaign was wrecked by a hamstring injury.

The 26-year-old’s grandmother, who she was especially close to, died earlier this year.

Asher-Smith sank to the track after the finish, wreathed in smiles before embracing her mother Julie by the trackside.

“I don’t think we have ever been in world final with that kind of talent,” she told BBC Sport, after clocking 22.02 - 0.14 seconds outside her British record.

(BBC Sport)

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