The ladies’s 100m has been billed as the largest draw of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics – and the heats get below manner on Friday.
Dina Asher-Smith is bidding to turn into the primary British girl to win a person dash gold at a Video games and might be in one of many seven first spherical heats between 03:40-04:30 BST.
The semi-final will happen on Saturday at 11:15 BST, with the ultimate beginning later that day at 13:50 BST.
Asher-Smith, 25, is the quickest British girl in historical past, a world and four-time European champion and was an Olympic bronze medallist within the 4x100m relay in Rio.
However she’s up towards Jamaican duo Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Elaine Thompson-Herah, who between them have gained the previous three Olympic 100m titles.
Fraser-Pryce, 34 – the 2008 and 2012 champion – ran a time of 10.63 seconds at a nationwide trials warm-up occasion in June to turn into the quickest girl alive and set the bar going into the Video games.
Thompson-Herah, 29, might be seeking to defend her 2016 gold medal.
Then there’s Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare, who ran her quickest time since 2018 with 10.89secs on 6 July.
So it is no surprise three-time Olympic dash gold medallist Veronica Campbell-Brown believes the ladies’s 100m might be a “fierce battle from the primary spherical all the way in which to the ultimate”.
“Little doubt the ladies’s 100m is probably the most anticipated race in Tokyo,” stated Campbell-Brown.
“It’s so loaded with expertise and it’ll come right down to those [who are] capable of deal with the stress – who can execute and may run the race of their life, as a result of I actually assume that it’ll take 10.70 seconds, if not 10.60, to win that 100 meters.
“Shelly-Ann has gone 10.63secs thus far and so little question she would be the most hunted.”
Campbell-Brown added Asher-Smith’s efficiency might be enhanced as she is competing towards two different athletes on the prime of their sport.
“Elaine and Shelly-Ann will really assist Dina run a greater race as a result of going right into a race with Shelly-Ann and Elaine, it’s important to know that it’s important to convey your A-game,” she stated.
“Dina and numerous the opposite women are attempting to make their first gold medal. So with all the boldness and all of the laborious work they’ve put in it, I am certain that they’re able to explode and may’t wait to only go there and get began.”
The boys’s 100m occasion then begins on Saturday – with the preliminary spherical beginning at 03:35 BST and a complete of seven heats within the first spherical, which begins at 11:45 BST. The semi-final will happen on Sunday beginning at 11:15 BST and the ultimate will start at 13.50 BST the identical day.
A brand new Olympic champion might be topped after the retirement of famous person Usain Bolt, who gained gold on the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Video games.
The clear favorite is American Trayvon Bromell as he clocked a time of 9.77secs in July -the quickest time in 2021 and the seventh quickest of all-time.
