Dina Asher-Smith wins 200m bronze at World Athletics Championships, dedicates medal to late grandmother

Updated 22/07/2022 at 07:07 GMT

Shericka Jackson moved second on the all-time list with 200m gold at the World Athletics Championships as Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith secured her first major individual medal since 2019. Noah Lyles also made his mark on the record books, clocking the third fastest time in history to win the men’s title. A showdown between Lyles and Erriyon Knighton failed to materialise as the former ripped away.

Dina Asher-Smith celebrates bronze

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Dina Asher-Smith delivered a brilliant bronze over 200m at the World Athletics Championships – and then paid an emotional tribute to her grandmother.

Shericka Jackson blew the field apart to lead home a Jamaican one-two ahead of 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. Jackson’s time of 21.45s was the second fastest in history and just 0.11s shy of Florence Griffith Joyner’s world record from 1988.

Asher-Smith arrived in Eugene as defending champion but was all smiles at the finish after a hugely challenging year.

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The 26-year-old failed to pick up an individual medal at the Tokyo Olympics last summer due to a hamstring injury, returning to win bronze in the 4x100m relay, while her grandma died earlier this year.

"She had been ill for some time and was such a bedrock of my family. I used to spend every day at her house as a child," Asher-Smith told BBC Sport.

"For a long time athletics was at the back of my mind, my brain has been everywhere.

"It has been a really tough mental challenge to get through this season."

Elsewhere, Noah Lyles defended his world 200m title emphatically to move third in the all-time rankings.

Lyles broke Michael Johnson’s American record with a 19.31s clocking before ripping his vest open in triumphant celebrations. Only Usain Bolt (19.19s) and Yohan Blake (19.26s) have run faster.

Kenny Bednarek and Erriyon Knighton completed an American 1-2-3, with the latter failing to deliver on pre-race hype to make it a two-horse race.

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