Asher-smith And Hughes Break Records At Uk Champs

Dina Asher-Smith and Zharnel Hughes smashed title records successful claiming 200m victories astatine nan UK Athletics Championships successful Birmingham.

Former world champion Asher-Smith edged nan women's title successful a melodramatic photograph finish, holding disconnected 100m victor Amy Hunt to triumph successful 22.14 seconds.

Hughes completed nan men's sprint double arsenic he clocked 19.90 to adhd to his 100m victory connected Saturday.

Both secured their places successful nan 200m for nan World Championships successful Tokyo successful September, pinch nan play doubling arsenic nan British trials.

Athletes needed to execute a top-two finish, and person met nan World Athletics introduction standard, to beryllium assured of a spot successful nan squad, to beryllium announced connected 27 August.

Olympic 1500m medallist Georgia Hunter Bell won nan 800m last to unafraid a spot successful Tokyo, wherever she could look training partner and Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson.

Max Burgin claimed a ascendant triumph successful nan men's 800m, while title favourites Charlie Dobson and Amber Anning earned 400m golds.

World 1500m champion Josh Kerr, already assured of a spot successful nan squad successful that event, had clip to activity to nan crowd successful nan closing stages of a comfortable 5,000m win.

High jumper Morgan Lake and agelong jumper Jazmin Sawyers besides secured their Tokyo places connected nan last time of nan two-day meet.

More to follow.