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Zharnel Hughes completes sprint double with men’s 200mLaura Muir suffers shock 1500m defeat by Katie SnowdenIn the shadows no more, the breath of Daryll Neita’s sprinting talent was illuminated with a dazzling victory in the women’s 200 metres at the UK Athletics Championships in Manchester on Sunday. In a championship record of 22.25 seconds to boot. That her domestic rival Dina Asher-Smith opted out did not devalue this performance one bit. The 2019 world champion is no longer omnipotent on home soil. On the global stage, the 26-year-old Londoner is a threat to all.An Olympic finalist in the 100m at the Tokyo Olympics, Neita benchmarks herself against the best of the Caribbean and the USA, and over both sprint distances now. Under the tutelage of her Italian-based coach Marco Airale, she has made significant gains, a level above the athlete who disappointed herself with bronze at last summer’s Europeans and Commonwealths. Continue reading...