Tokyo 2020 - Dina Asher-Smith returns for 4x100m heats after injury saw GB sprinter withdraw from 200m

ByHarry Latham Coyle

Published 05/08/2021 at 00:10 GMT

Asher-Smith had pulled out of the 200 metres after failing to make the final of the 100 metres, revealing that she had struggled in the build-up to the Olympics with injury. Great Britain won silver at the 2019 World Championships behind favourites Jamaica. You want it? We have it. Stream every Olympic event live on discovery+

Dina Asher-Smith will return to the Tokyo track having been named in the British quartet to run in the heats of the women's 4x100 metres relay.

Asher-Smith had pulled out of a potential tilt at 200 metres Olympic gold after failing to make the final in the 100 metres.

The British sprinting star revealed that she had struggled with a hamstring injury in the build-up to Tokyo 2020.

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However Asher-Smith had not withdrawn completely from the Olympics, and has now been confirmed as part of the British team for the marquee relay event.

Great Britain took a silver medal at the 2019 World Championships in Doha.

Asha Philip, Imani-Lara Lansiquot and Daryll Neita, who made the individual 100m final earlier in these Games, complete the British heat quartet.

Philip, Asher-Smith and Neita were all part of the British bronze medal relay five years ago in Rio de Janeiro.

Having secured all three spots on the podium in the individual 100m, Jamaica are gold medal favourites.

The reigning world champions will run in Heat One of the 4x100m relay alongside Great Britain.

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It is a weaker Jamaican quartet, with the big guns largely being saved for the final.

Of their individual medallists, only Shericka Jackson is due to run in the heats.

Elaine Thompson Herah, who secured a remarkable double-double with victory in the 200m, and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will likely bolster the Jamaican unit before tomorrow's final.

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