British sprinter enters the world championships without any hype and is excited by the chance to stun her daunting rivals
Dina Asher-Smith will find herself in a strange position on the 100m start line on Sunday. For once there is no great buzz about her medal prospects, no talk of her leading the British charge, no sense she will add more individual medals to her 200m gold and 100m silver from 2019 in Doha, and 200m bronze in Eugene last year.
But while the 27-year-old is ranked sixth in the world this year over 100m, and 12th over 200m, she has a simple message for any doubters. “I don’t mind what is said. We don’t run on paper, we run on the track.”
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