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This time, there wasn’t just one heart that was broken on the line, but two. Before a heavyweight 200m final at the Stade de France, Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita knew there would likely not be enough room on the podium for both of them. As Gabby Thomas and Julien Alfred reached the final bend in front and battled for gold up ahead, an opportunity opened for one of the British duo to claim the individual Olympic medal that had evaded them for so long.
