On a wild and blustery evening at the national championships in Manchester the established pecking order of British sprinting was blown spectacularly off kilter as Dina Asher‑Smith suffered a shock 100m defeat and Jeremiah Azu, an unheralded but hugely talented 21-year-old, stormed to victory in 9.90sec in the men’s race.
Asher-Smith has dominated British female sprinting for most of the last decade. But she had no answer when her long-time teammate Darryl Neita powered past her at halfway to win in a wind-assisted 10.80.
