• Asher-Smith runs personal best and sets new British record
• Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce bags her fourth 100m world title
So dogged was Dina Asher-Smith’s pursuit of her first individual world medal that she refused to allow bread, sweets or wine to touch her lips for several months before arriving in Doha. Now, though, she can savour something even sweeter: a stunning 100m personal best, a new national record of 10.83sec and, most of all, a sparkling silver medal.
“I woke up with this intention and, when I stood on the line, I thought: ‘Right, this is your time’.” she said, beaming from ear to ear after finishing behind the legendary Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who blasted to victory in 10.71. “I would have loved to have won. But this is more than you can ask for in a world.”
Written by Sean Ingle in Doha
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/sep/29/shelly-ann-fraser-pryce-dina-asher-smith-world-championship-100m under the title “Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce confirms status with 100m world championship gold”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
