The Guardian view on the Paris Olympics: a space for some joie de vivre
Daryll Neita wants to ‘destroy’ British teammate and rival Dina Asher-Smith
June 2024
Dina Asher-Smith powers to 100m gold for first major title in five years
Dina Asher-Smith triumphed in the 100m in 10.99sec for her first major gold in five years while Britain’s Georgia Bell won 1500m silver
May 2024
Josh Kerr beats 39-year-old British mile record and rival Ingebrigtsen in Eugene
Josh Kerr smashed Steve Cram’s 39-year-old national record to claim victory in the mile race at the Diamond League meet in Eugene, Oregon
April 2024
Dina Asher-Smith: ‘For the first time in 10 years, I can just kind of be’
Britain’s greatest female sprinter tells Sean Ingle she has found herself on and off the track after a life-changing move to Texas to prepare for Paris 2024
February 2024
Josh Kerr boosts British hopes in opting to run at World Indoor Championships
Josh Kerr, the world 1500m champion, will run the 3,000m at next week’s World Indoor Championships
August 2023
Dina Asher-Smith set on delivering at Worlds in ‘golden’ women’s 100m field
British sprinter enters the world championships without any hype and is excited by the chance to stun her daunting rivals
July 2023
Zharnel Hughes smashes John Regis’s 30-year British 200m record
Zharnel Hughes clocked in at 19.73sec to set a new 200m British record as he finished third in the Diamond League meeting in London
June 2023
Asher-Smith and Neita run a dead heat in battle of Brits but lag behind Ta Lou
Asher-Smith and Muir refuse to panic despite disappointment in Paris
May 2023
Sha’Carri Richardson storms to 100m win in Doha’s Diamond League opener
Sha’Carri Richardson won the 100m Doha in 10.67 seconds, ahead of Shericka Jackson and Dina Asher-Smith
February 2023
Dina Asher-Smith powers past Shericka Jackson to win World Indoor Tour final
Dina Asher-Smith set a new British 60m record in her heat before winning the final, with Keely Hodgkinson and Neil Gourley also setting national records
August 2022
Kambundji pips Asher-Smith to 200m title after Muir and Hughes claim golds
‘I definitely came here for the gold but sometimes it is what it is,’ said Dina Asher-Smith who had to settle for silver, while her GB teammates Laura Muir and Zharnel Hughes won the 1500m and 200m respectively
Dina Asher-Smith praised for shattering ‘massive taboo’ around periods in sport
GB sprinter Imani-Lara Lansiquot appealed for more funding into research to help combat the effects of the menstrual cycle, adding: ‘I still think it’s quite shocking that it’s taboo’
Dina Asher-Smith reveals period caused calf cramps after racing into 200m final
Dina Asher-Smith called for more research into the impact of periods on female athletes after dominating her 200m semi-final at the European Championships
July 2022
‘Sad I won’t be there’: Dina Asher-Smith out of Commonwealth Games
Dina Asher-Smith in Commonwealth Games doubt after injury scare in relay
Shericka Jackson goes supersonic as Asher-Smith takes world 200m bronze
Dina Asher-Smith: ‘You can’t run fast with baggage – you gotta throw it out’
June 2022
Neita and Azu upset favourites to win 100m finals at UK Championships
The established pecking order of British sprinting was blown spectacularly off kilter with shocks in both the women’s and men’s 100m finals of the national trials after victories for Daryll Neita and Jeremiah Azu
