{"id":5672,"date":"2024-10-16T11:21:27","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T11:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/dina-asher-smith-britains-fastest-woman-in-new-era-following-big-changes-in-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-10-16T11:21:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T11:21:27","slug":"dina-asher-smith-britains-fastest-woman-in-new-era-following-big-changes-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/dina-asher-smith-britains-fastest-woman-in-new-era-following-big-changes-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Dina Asher-Smith: Britain’s fastest woman in ‘new era’ following big changes in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Dina Asher-Smith says she is in a “new era” and can achieve more than she previously thought possible following her 100m heartbreak at Paris 2024.<\/b><\/p>\n

The 28-year-old, Britain’s fastest woman, failed to reach the Olympic 100m final in August but recovered from that setback to finish two-hundredths of a second away from a medal in the 200m, before winning 4x100m relay silver.<\/p>\n

Asher-Smith has undergone significant change in 2024, changing her coaching set-up for the first time and moving to the United States.<\/p>\n

“For me, this was year one,” Asher-Smith said on the BBC’s Headliners show<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Even though, ultimately, it is the end of an Olympic cycle, it’s actually year one. And, for year one, overall it’s been pretty good – minus one day.”<\/p>\n

The 2019 world 200m champion is a three-time Olympic relay medallist but had hoped to end her wait for a first individual Olympic medal in Paris, having made a promising start following her move to Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n

Following a disappointing 2023 World Championships, where she finished eighth in the 100m and seventh in the 200m, Asher-Smith made the decision to end her 19-year partnership<\/a> with childhood coach John Blackie.<\/p>\n

It led to her move overseas, to be coached by Edrick Floreal, whose world-class training group also includes St Lucia’s Olympic 100m champion Julien Alfred and talented Irish 22-year-old Rhasidat Adeleke.<\/p>\n

The early signs have been extremely positive.<\/p>\n

Asher-Smith claimed European 100m gold in Rome in the lead-up to the Olympics, securing her first major international title for five years, and clocked her fastest 200m time in two years at the London Diamond League event in July.<\/p>\n

But the now nine-time global medallist was left devastated after she was unable to translate that form into the performance she craved when it mattered most at the Stade de France.<\/p>\n

The morning after her 100m semi-final exit in Paris, Asher-Smith had to remove herself from a track-side interview after coming through her 200m heat, the emotion of the previous night still raw.<\/p>\n

“I was very upset [but] I was determined not to let my disappointment in the 100m affect my performance in the 200m,” said Asher-Smith.<\/p>\n

“I had my performance hat on. As soon as I felt myself getting upset I had to remove myself from that environment in the most respectful way possible, mainly because I didn’t have time to be upset.<\/p>\n

“I was still in the middle of the Olympics. My job in that moment was to put my best performance together for the 200m and I just knew I had to remove myself from that situation to put myself in the best mental head space.”<\/p>\n

The cause of her 100m disappointment, Asher-Smith says, was the mistakes she made while preparing for the race, which caused her to run with “too much tension”. <\/p>\n

“I believe I have processed it,” Asher-Smith said.<\/p>\n

“As an athlete, when people retire they have a different opinion, you will always have different opinions, but I think I’m pretty cool with it and I’m just confident the next cycle is going to be full of great times and success.”<\/p>\n

Ultimately, Asher-Smith would not allow her 100m performance to define her Paris experience – and since the Games she has finished the season in strong form.<\/p>\n

The Briton won at the Diamond League in Lausanne in a season’s best 10.88 seconds, before clocking 10.89 in Zurich and then finishing runner-up only to training partner Alfred at the Diamond League final in Brussels in September.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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