Dina Asher-Smith ready to move on from ‘really challenging’ year

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Normally we do well to separate track life and our personal life, but sometimes things are so big, you can’t help the response,” said Asher-Smith. Normally we do well to separate track life and our personal life, but sometimes things are so big, you can’t help the response Dina Asher-Smith “We’re all humans, we all have the ups and downs of adult life and that’s just it really. So I’m really excited and I think it’s looking good heading outdoors.” Laura Muir missed out on Maria Mutola’s 1,000m world record – exactly 24 years after it was set. She said: “I was going to go for it regardless and I feel like I’m in the shape to run the sort of time, it’s getting that perfect and it’s so hard to get right.” Keely Hodgkinson broke her own British 800m indoor record, which she also set in Birmingham last year, but revealed her frustration at not setting a new world record after running 1:57.18.