British sprinting is looking at it's healthiest it has ever looked heading into a World Championships, with both the men and women's team looking for medal hauls. But at the pinnacle of their respective discipline is 23-year-old Asher-Smith, who is a gold medal hopeful in both the women's 100m and 200m. There is a weight of pressure on her young shoulders though with Kathy Smallwood-Cook being the last British woman to win an individual global sprint medal some 36 years ago. TrendingStill, that pressure on Asher-Smith has been there for several years now and she continues to remain unfazed. “I won’t tell her to face because I don’t want to put that pressure on her, even though she doesn’t feel pressure, but I’m backing her for a 100-200 sprint double.

Source: Express September 28, 2019 10:52 UTC