‘I’m here to stay’, says Daryll Neita after double sprint success in Manchester

Daryll Neita insists she can be Britain’s sprint queen after winning the 200 metres title in Manchester.

The 25-year-old added the 200m crown to her 100m gold for the first women’s sprint double at the British Championships since 2010.

Neita ran 22.34 seconds to finish ahead of Beth Dobbin and Imani Lansiquot in Manchester and believes she deserves recognition having beaten Dina Asher-Smith in the 100m on Saturday.

“There are two of us now and I have worked very hard for this, we all do. I’ve always been here, I’m here now and here to stay,” she said.

“We’ve been racing since we were seven-years-old. She’s done her thing and now it’s my time to do my thing. We’re great friends, we’re looking at the bigger picture.

“I know you want rivalry, we ran yesterday and I won. You can just put ‘Daryll is the British champion’ and you don’t need to see anyone else’s name in the title. We train very hard and we both want to win. I won this British Championships.

“I put my ambition as high as can be because I believe in affirmation and if you don’t believe it you won’t achieve it. If you believe in the highest then that’s what I’m reaching for. I don’t think any less.”

Despite reaching the World Championships in Eugene next month in the 100m she does not have the qualifying time, missing out by 100th of a second, for the 200m and will not double up next month.

“I ran the same time last year and same time this year. It is what it is but it’s still great. Me and my coach will adjust our plans and double up where it matters,” she said.

“It’s sad because I really believe I could make the final and challenge for medals but there are three champs this year, it is what it is.”

Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake ran a championship record of 20.05