Dina Asher-Smith set for 200m defence as part of Team GB’s World Championships squad

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. Read our privacy policy Dina Asher-Smith will launch the defence of her 200m title next month after Great Britain’s World Championships squad was announced. “For those who have been selected for the team for Oregon, I wish the athletes and their coaches the best over the next week or so and to keep focus to achieve your goals.” Daryll Neita, who reached last year’s Olympic 100m final and beat Asher-Smith in Manchester at the weekend to become British 100m champion, is also included for the 100m and 4x100m. Johnson-Thompson missed the Manchester championships at the weekend but will look to defend the heptathlon world title she won in 2019. open image in gallery Great Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson won heptathlon gold in Doha The 29-year-old has been dogged by injury for 18 months since rupturing her Achilles in late 2020 and pulled out of the Olympics having suffered a calf problem in the heptathlon’s 200m. open image in gallery Reece Prescod ran 9.93 seconds in Ostrava last month All four are in the men’s 4x100m relay squad, with Hughes and Mitchell-Blake aiming to ease their heartbreak having been stripped of their Olympic relay silver after CJ Ujah’s positive drugs test.