Dina Asher Smith delighted with home 100m win in Diamond League
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Briton wins first 100m of season in 11.11sec‘I will take that for an opener,’ says Asher-SmithIt has been a while since Dina Asher-Smith has felt the thrill of leaving high-class sprinters in her slipstream, but there were hints of her a return to her imperious best as she held on to win the 100m here in Birmingham.The time of her victory – 11.11sec – was nothing special, but on a blustery day and on a new track that worryingly seemed to lack the speed and zest of most modern surfaces, she was rightfully delighted to pip the Tokyo 100m bronze medallist, Shericka Jackson, by 0.01 sec. Continue reading...