Team GB's Tokyo 2020 athletics squad: Dina Asher-Smith headlines 65-strong list for Olympics - News Summed Up

Team GB's Tokyo 2020 athletics squad: Dina Asher-Smith headlines 65-strong list for Olympics


Dina Asher-Smith finished fifth in the 200m at Rio 2016 but the world champion will be chasing gold at Tokyo 2020Team GB have announced their athletics squad for Tokyo 2020, with gold-medal hope Dina Asher-Smith headlining the 65-strong list. The world 200m champion is one of the squad's biggest medal hopes on the track in Tokyo in the 100m and 200m. World heptathlon champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson joins the team for her third Olympics, subject to demonstrating fitness ahead of Tokyo after battling a serious Achilles injury this year. CJ Ujah won the men's 100m in Manchester on Saturday to seal his spot after European 100m champion Zharnel Hughes was disqualified for a false start but the 25-year-old makes the team. Daryll Neita and Asha Philip will race in the women's 100m with Asher-Smith, who is joined in the 200m by Beth Dobbin.


Source: Sky sports June 29, 2021 12:12 UTC



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