• Sprinter aiming to win three medals at world championships• The
British athlete is favourite to win 200m goldNo British athlete has left a world championships with three medals clanking from their neck. But Dina Asher-Smith’s form is so ominous that the bookies give her a better than 50/50 shot of writing a new chapter in track and field history. They are running scared. Her opponents could be forgiven for feeling the same way.
After all, Asher-Smith is this year’s Diamond League winner over 100m, the clear favourite for gold over 200m, and the vital cog in Britain’s 4x100m women’s relay team who won silver in
London two years ago. For most people in the sport it is not a question of whether she will win a medal in Doha, but how many and of which colour.