Daryll Neita stuns Dina Asher-Smith in Manchester and targets world stage

New British champion Daryll Neita insists she can match Dina Asher-Smith on the world stage after taking her 100m title.

Olympic 100m finalist Neita clocked 10.80 seconds at the British Championships in Manchester on Saturday to edge out Asher-Smith. Her time would have broken Asher-Smith’s British record of 10.83sec had it not been heavily wind-assisted.

The 200m world champion ran 10.87sec but could not beat Great Britain team-mate Neita, who believes she can challenge Asher-Smith ahead of next month’s World Championships in Eugene.

She said: “I’ve watched her do amazing things on the world stage and it’s been very inspiring but I’ve always known I can do it too. This gives me a lot of confidence and I really believe there is no limit to me.

“I’m super happy. I’ve worked so hard for this. To finally get the gold just means so much.”

Last year’s champion Asher-Smith finished ahead of Imani Lansiquot but could not hide her frustration at second place.

She said: “I’m annoyed because I’d rather win. I’m fuming because I don’t like losing but I said to her face that I’m very happy for her. She’s worked really hard and improved so much over the years.

“I don’t like losing so I’m angry but I’m happy to be all in one piece heading on the plane to Eugene.

“Domestically it’s really important to have that rivalry, to have someone else turning out the times. Having all the sprint girls doing really well is amazing.

“I’ve been working on stuff in training, my body is in good shape, we just need things to come together at the right time. It doesn’t impact on my expectations for Oregon.”

Jeremiah Azu, last year’s European Under-23 champion, stunned Zharnel Hughes and Reece Prescod to take the men’s 100m title with a wind-assisted