Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare is provisionally suspended after testing positive for human growth hormone ahead of women’s 100m semi-final against Dina Asher-Smith By Oli Gamp and Reuters Published: 20:35 EDT, 30 July 2021 | Updated: 20:35 EDT, 30 July 2021 Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare on Saturday was provisionally suspended after testing positive for human growth … Read more
Dina Asher-Smith cruises through to Saturday’s 100m semi-finals after finishing second behind Team USA’s Teahna Daniels in the first heat to keep her hopes of a double gold medal alive in Tokyo Dina Asher-Smith is through to the women’s 100m semi-finals in Tokyo Team GB star finished second behind USA’s Teahna Daniels with 11.07 seconds It … Read more
Can Team GB’s track and field stars beat the one medal low from 1976? Sportsmail’s verdict on the prospects to look out for amid fears they could win as few as FOUR medals in Tokyo There will be 77 track and field athletes representing Team GB in Tokyo The focus is on whether they will … Read more
Dina Asher-Smith pulls out of next Tuesday’s British Grand Prix in Gateshead with a tight hamstring less than TWO WEEKS before the start of the Olympics… but the 25-year-old says the decision is just a precaution Dina Asher-Smith is the British record holder over both 100m and 200m Organisers of the Muller British Grand Prix … Read more
Dina Asher-Smith secures Tokyo Olympics 100m spot as she wins a fourth British title – but a clock MALFUNCTION had the sprinting star thinking she’d smashed her national record before her time was downgraded Dina Asher-Smith was denied a Personal Best by a faulty clock at Olympic trials The clock had initially showed that Asher-Smith … Read more
World champion Dina Asher-Smith puts down Olympic marker with comfortable 200m victory in first outdoor race of the season in Italy The world champion dominated the low-key meet in Savona on Thursday She crossed in 22.56sec, well ahead of British team-mate Beth Dobbin Asher-Smith had not raced since the 2019 world championships in Doha By Riath … Read more
Dina Asher-Smith withdraws from European Indoors due to a tight quad in another Great Britain injury scare leading up to Tokyo Olympics, with Katarina Johnson-Thompson unable to train due to an achilles problem By Riath Al-Samarrai for MailOnline Published: 09:39 GMT, 16 February 2021 | Updated: 09:39 GMT, 16 February 2021 Dina Asher-Smith has ditched … Read more
Dina Asher-Smith wins the 60m World Indoor Tour event in Germany – her first event in 16 MONTHS – with British star equalling her 7.08secs personal best as preparation for the delayed Tokyo Games gets off to a dream start Dina Asher-Smith began her Olympic season in blistering fashion on Friday The British sprint star … Read more
World champions Dina Asher-Smith and Katarina Johnson-Thompson set to compete at Birmingham 2022 after change in athletics schedule There were fears the leading lights of British athletics could swerve the Games World Championships and Europeans will also take place in a five-week stretch Six-day athletics programme will now take place towards the end of the event … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more
Dina Asher-Smith is talking about change. About the greater expectations. About that point where your face is known on a faraway island. About social media and the bigger ripples. ‘Oh my God, I had that recently,’ she says. ‘I replied to a tweet and it made the news.’ It’s taking time to bed in, this … Read more