Dina Asher-Smith looks forward to 200m world title defence after 100m heartbreak

It’s one of many merciless truths of sport that typically your greatest simply is not sufficient. Dina Asher-Smith discovered that out in agonising vogue on the World Championships, her British file of 10.83sec within the 100 metres remaining leaving her in that infuriating place of fourth.

‘I’m so gutted that it did not get me on the rostrum,’ she stated. ‘I used to be so shut.’

Jamaican dash queen Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce powered to her seventh international 100m title, her time of 10.67sec the quickest of any of these — and all on the age of 35.

Dina Asher-Smith was left bitterly disillusioned after ending fourth within the 100m

Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce gained gold, with Shericka Jackson taking silver and Elaine Thompson-Herah bronze as Jamaica accomplished a clear sweep of the medals

Asher-Smith hit the road 0.02sec behind bronze medallist Elaine Thompson-Herah and the consequence was one which lower deep.

‘I’m irritated, however I’m going to get some sleep, get better, have a chat with my coach, in all probability cry a bit,’ she stated earlier than trying forward to the 200m, through which she is defending champion after her gold in Doha 2019. ‘When you are in PB (private greatest) form, the world actually is your oyster since you nonetheless do not know what you are able to.’

It’s been a tough 12 months for Asher-Smith, who misplaced her grandmother not too long ago and he or she admitted off-track points had stored her from working her greatest for a lot of the summer time.

‘You actually have to be emotionally within the room,’ she stated. ‘For a number of the season I could not do this. I’ve been in form from the start, however my mind has been elsewhere.

Asher-Smith has now set her sights on defending the 200m title she gained three years in the past

‘I’ve had some life issues that I’ll in all probability discuss extra after the 200m.’

At 26, Asher-Smith ought to have many extra medal alternatives and he or she looks to Fraser-Pryce for instance of getting sooner as you become old.

‘Watching Shelly-Ann provides me objectives,’ she stated. ‘People are like, “When are you going to retire?” and I’m like, “Who knows now?”‘

Asher-Smith’s 200m greatest this season is 22.27sec, however she looks primed to problem the British file of 21.88sec that she ran to win the 2019 world title.

Meanwhile, Britain has two sturdy medal possibilities in Tuesday’s 1500m remaining in Josh Kerr and Jake Wightman.

Josh Kerr is a practical medal hope for Great Britain after profitable his 1500m semi-final

Jake Wightman may additionally fancy his probabilities of getting on the rostrum after making the ultimate

Kerr, the Olympic bronze medallist, coasted to victory in his semi-final, whereas Wightman appeared nicely inside himself when ending third in his semi-final.

‘I’m right here to put a present on, I simply need to put a implausible effort in,’ stated Kerr. He added that the ultimate right here will likely be ‘the buildup of 15 years of actually onerous work’ and that he plans to give it ‘each single factor’ he is acquired.

‘You’re going to watch me hopefully play the most effective recreation of chess I’ve ever performed in my life,’ he stated.

Wightman has been in glowing type this summer time and he is hoping to dispel the reminiscence of final 12 months’s Olympic remaining, through which he completed a disappointing tenth.

‘It’s an enormous alternative to make amends,’ he stated. ‘It’s as robust because it could possibly be, however I really feel like I’m working higher than final 12 months.

‘I’m 28 now, getting outdated, and I do not get too many alternatives like this.’