Dina Asher Smith
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Dina Asher-Smith stuns Sha'Carri Richardson in women's 100m as Armand Duplantis fails
•Britain's Asher-Smith, 25, started the final strongly in wet and cool conditions and crossed the line to take gold in a time of 11.35 seconds, with Richardson second in 11.44.
Armand Duplantis, Sha'Carri Richardson head top-class field as Diamond League launches
•After a 2020 season turned on its head because of the coronavirus pandemic, there is no shortage of athletes in search of competition just 61 days before the Tokyo Olympics.
British 200m world champion Dina Asher-Smith wins women's 60m final in Dusseldorf
•Having equalled her personal best by running 7.08 seconds to claim victory in Karlsruhe on Friday, the 25-year-old clocked 7.12 to win the women's 60m final on Sunday.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes caps sensational 2019 by winning BBC's Sports Personality of the Year award
•Cricket World Cup winner Ben Stokes ended a sensational 2019 by claiming the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year prize. He promptly thanked those who had helped him through a 2018 to forget.
World Athletics Championships 2019: Dina Asher-Smith strikes gold in 200m final; Grant Holloway claims victory in 110m hurdles
•Dina Asher-Smith ended Britain's 36-year wait for a short sprint title at the World Championships on Wednesday as Grant Holloway of the United States stormed to victory in the 110 metres hurdles.
World Athletics Championships 2019: IAAF reduces use of new ‘crotch cameras’ after backlash from athletes
•With cameras in the starting blocks peering up the legs of athletes into their eyes, television viewers have been taken closer to the action than ever before at the World Championships. Just too up close and personal for some athletes.
World Athletics Championships 2019: After corruption allegations over hosting bids, empty seats cast new shadow on Doha event
•Qatar's conduct in bidding for the world athletics championships, first unsuccessfully for the 2017 edition, remains under criminal investigation in France
World Athletics Championships 2019: Returning new-mothers Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Allyson Felix revel in record glory
•Fraser-Pryce and Felix, both racing in their first major championships since taking time off from the sport to have children, lit up a pulsating day three of competition even if the action was played out inside a near-empty Khalifa Stadium.
Birmingham Diamond League: Canadian Andre de Grasse taking baby steps to reattain tag of 'heir apparent' to Usain Bolt
•Andre de Grasse said that he won't rush himself ahead of the World Championships in September and is not aiming to set any personal best times in races right now
Caster Semenya wins 800m gold in Doha, says she will not take medication to lower testosterone after CAS ruling
•Caster Semenya won the 800 metres at the Doha Diamond League meeting on Friday in her first race since losing her appeal over a controversial gender ruling, claiming "actions speak louder than words