Dina Asher-Smith

Jamaica's Shericka Jackson is now a world champion after a mistake led to an early exit at the Tokyo Games.

That was the case in Tokyo, when Jackson was reduced to tears and Fraser-Pryce was there to comfort her. Jackson not only adds this to her silver medal from Sunday night in the 100, but eases a painful memory from the Tokyo Games that's long fueled her. Defending champion Dina Asher-Smith of Britain took bronze and prevented this from being a back-to-back sprint sweep for the Jamaicans, a la what the Americans did in the men's 100 and 200. “It’s really wonderful to see her have that run.” Jackson was among the medal favorites last year in Tokyo, but a miscalculation midway through her preliminary heat caused her to slow down. She beat 100-meter champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to the finish line by 0.16.

Shericka Jackson became the fastest woman alive over 200m as defending champion Dina Asher-Smith was dethroned at the world championships.

“But she would want me to come here and be in as good a mental shape as I could possibly be. “My life is never going to be the same,” she said. But it was preparing me for this year and I am so grateful for this moment.” I do not think we are going to see anything like that again.” In an era of extraordinary Jamaican sprinters, she was the third Beatle. A George Harrison next to Fraser-Pryce and Thompson-Herah’s Lennon and McCartney. This performance, though, was her My Sweet Lord. The fastest woman alive, the national and championship record, I cannot complain.” It was hard to argue with that. “After the Olympic Games I cried so hard and so much. And the fact these times are coming from an assortment of women is so special.” “I’m never going to be the same because we were so close,” she added. I know she is so happy right now.” But I knew my grandma would have wanted me to be performing amazingly. “We looked very similar, same mannerisms, birthdays two days apart, my whole life we always had a joint birthday,” she said, smiling.

DINA ASHER-SMITH won a brilliant 200m bronze in Eugene after surrendering her world crown but then said: That was for you, granny.Britain's fastest.

“The level of competition was insane. “For a long time, athletics was way at the back of my mind. Truly it has been a really tough mental challenge to get through the season. But when you are at this level, you need to be where I am now. I haven’t missed any training whatsoever. And then post-race, the 26-year-old said the death of her beloved grandmother last month, a few weeks before the GB trials, had “knocked her for six” and meant she was in a strange mental state this summer.

Newly-crowned 100m gold medallist Fraser-Pryce took silver in 21.81sec, with defending champion Dina Asher-Smith of Britain claiming bronze (22.02). “I am ...

As the two Jamaicans went head-to-head, Jackson put on the afterburners and pulled away in impressive style, not giving up until she thundered through the line. Jackson, who won 100m bronze and 4x100m relay gold at the Tokyo Olympics, said coming from behind had not been part of her race tactics. An athlete missing three testing appointments during a 12-month window can be suspended for up to two years. I know I am strong and fast on coming home so I knew when I eventually catch up with her, I could take it.” The fastest woman alive, the national and championships record, I cannot complain,” said Jackson. “I never wanted to catch on anyone, I wanted to execute the best race possible and I think seeing the personal best, I cannot complain.

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

However Kyle Langford and Daniel Rowden both failed to make the men's 800m final. Britain's Max Burgin, the fastest man in the world this year, pulled out of the event earlier this week with a calf injury. The 28-year-old is the fastest in the world this year and qualified fastest for the final. In a fast heat, the Scot clocked 1:59.09, her second-fastest time of 2022 to finish second. Hodgkinson's position at the front of the field ensured she avoided a pile-up of athletes following a fall in the pack on the final lap. "For a long time athletics was at the back of my mind; my brain has been everywhere.

Dina Asher-Smith put injury troubles and personal tragedy behind her to win bronze in a 200m final stacked with talent at the World Championships in Oregon.

"For a long time athletics was at the back of my mind; my brain has been everywhere. Asher-Smith also expressed her delight at making the podium given the competitiveness of the field. Asher-Smith said that athletics had been at the "back of my mind" after the death of her grandmother this year.

Asher-Smith finished behind Jamaica duo Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.

It’s an immaculate feeling to be on the podium with two fellow Americans.” I knew I had to run like my life depended on it if I wanted a chance. I literally had nothing left after I crossed the finish line. I am in great shape but your mind has to be there too. “I had to take myself from being so profoundly sad to being OK to race. You had to run 21 seconds to make the final, 21.08 didn’t make it,” she said. I felt I got the best start I could possibly ask for. To be honest, every step was purposeful, going out with intent to win. “It’s been such a strange way to do it. “Three 10.8s at these champs, that just tells me I can go 10.7. So 21.9 and 22.0 means my personal best is ready to be broken. But when you are in this type of calibre being OK to race isn’t good enough. “She (was) an incredible woman and my whole family wouldn’t be who we are without her, without her hard work and her sacrifices for us.

After just missing the podium in the 100m earlier this week, the defending 200m world champion was delighted to have taken bronze, dedicating the medal to her ...

'The level of competition in this 200m, I believe [is] the best we've ever seen,' said Michael Johnson, who was commentating on the race. It's the fastest Asher-Smith has run the distance this year – her best 200m time of 2022 was previously 22.27. Shericka Jackson of Jamaica ran a spectacularly strong race to take gold, finishing in 21.45 – the second-fastest time ever recorded.

Dina Asher-Smith put injury troubles and personal tragedy behind her to win bronze in a 200m final stacked with talent at the World Championships in Oregon.

"For a long time athletics was at the back of my mind; my brain has been everywhere. Asher-Smith also expressed her delight at making the podium given the competitiveness of the field. Asher-Smith said that athletics had been at the "back of my mind" after the death of her grandmother this year.

Shericka Jackson becomes the second fastest 200m sprinter in the World. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce wins silver in 200m final. Dina Asher-Smith finish third in ...

Dina Asher-Smith may have won bronze in the women’s 200m at the world champs but she just scored a GOLD MEDAL with Ghanaians because of this. Shericka Jackson finished in 21.45 seconds, making her the second fastest 200m athlete in history. Shericka Jackson becomes the second fastest 200m sprinter in the World

Britain's Dina Asher-Smith, defending her world 200m title in a super-charged final won by Jamaica's Shericka Jackson in 21.45 – a time only bettered by ...

For me I knew that I just had to run as fast as my legs were going to carry me and really pray and hope that it was enough to get on the podium. This Brit is made of stern stuff. All those women are capable of running sub-22 and I don't think we've ever been in a world final with that kind of talent. Shortly after her grandmother’s death, Asher-Smith was beaten over 100m at the British Championships by Daryll Neita, but she confirmed her return to form in Eugene by finishing fourth in the 100m final where Fraser-Pryce, Jackson and five-time Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah completed a Jamaican clean sweep, equalling her British record of 10.83. We have not seen these times for decades and decades. “I definitely think we are in a golden era.

British star's grandma Sislyn came over from Trinidad post-war as part as the Windrush generation, worked as a nurse for the NHS in London's Lewisham ...

“I had to take myself from being so profoundly sad to being okay to race,” she said. “I wanted to retain my title but when someone runs 21.4, you know what, congratulations.” My life is never going to be the same and nor am I. We were so close.” She worked as a nurse for the NHS in London’s Lewisham Hospital and lived to the age of 92. “She was very cheeky, very bubbly, just like me. “It has been such a tough few months for us.”

After just missing the podium in the 100m earlier this week, the defending 200m world champion was delighted to have taken bronze, dedicating the medal to her ...

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Dina Asher-Smith paid tribute to her grandmother, Sislyn, who died in May, after claiming World Championship bronze in the 200m event in Eugene, Oregon.

‘I know my grandma would want me to be performing absolutely amazingly,’ said Asher-Smith. ‘I was always fuelled by the fact she’d want me to be focused, to work as hard as I can. ‘I wasn’t in the room, it felt like I was watching myself do stuff,’ she said. Mentally, she was all over the place. The tears in her eyes were due to both happiness and sadness. Physically, Asher-Smith had been in great shape over the past two months. She was not an athlete but, as Asher-Smith put it: ‘She’ll 100 per cent say the sprinting talent is from (her).’