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      Scotland star Cuthbert hopes Chelsea performances will help her land a Team GB spot

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      ERIN CUTHBERT hopes helping Chelsea bag a quadruple will nab her a place in Hege Riise’s squad for the Tokyo Olympics. And the Blues ace told the BBC it would be a dream to play for Team GB’s women’s team at the games this year. 
      Erin Cuthbert says it would be ‘a dream’ to be in the Team GB football squad competing at the Tokyo OlympicsCredit: Getty
      The Scotland star is contention for spot in Team GB coach Hege Riise’s squadCredit: The Sun
      Cuthbert, 22, whose club will play London City Lionesses in the Women’s FA Cup, was reflecting on watching North Korea defeat Colombia in the first match played at the London 2012 games. 
      And the midfielder, who has 36 senior Scotland caps, says winning a Team GB spot, the Champions League, FA Cup and WSL title would be the perfect round-off to this term.
      Cuthbert told BBC Scotland: “I never thought I would have the opportunity to be selected. 
      “I know it would be an amazing journey and experience, but at the same time, I am focused on Chelsea. 
      “I want to win the league, I want to win the FA Cup and I want to win the Champions League.
      “I am living the dream without a doubt. It is a little bit of a fairytale.”
      Cuthbert, who moved to Chelsea in 2017 after spending 2015 to 2016 at Glasgow City, has made 16 WSL appearances this term, netting once and providing six assists. 
      Her club side have already bagged one piece of silverware winning the Conti Cup trophy this term.
      And the midfield star, whose father hails from Northern Ireland, says the Euros qualifying success of Kenny Shiels’ side made her reflect on the heartbreak of Scotland missing out on a place in the 2022 tournament. 
       The Women’s European Championship hopes of Cuthbert and her national team-mates were ended following a 1-0 loss to Finland. 
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      Cuthbert told BBC Scotland she was delighted to see Northern Ireland reach the 2022 Women’s European ChampionshipsCredit: Getty

      Their opponents, who went on to qualify for the contest, scored a stoppage-time goal at Scotland’s turf at Easter Round in December 2020. 
      Cuthbert added: “My dad is Northern Irish, so he is a little bit happy. 
      “I’m delighted for them, it’s an incredible achievement, but it is gut-wrenching that we had such a good team and we are not going to be at the tournament. I’m jealous.
      “We have not had a debrief. I can’t put my finger on it, but there were a catalogue of things – we dominated games against Portugal and Finland but just couldn’t score and we have to put that right.”
      Putting things right on the pitch against Europe’s top clubs is something Cuthbert and Emma Hayes’ other players aim to do in the Champions League campaign this term.
      The Chelsea star was part of the Blues team beaten by Lyon in the semis two years ago and is determined to see her side progress beyond that stage this season. 
      It’s an ambition shared by Kingsmeadow boss Hayes, 44, with her WSL title holders looking to become the first English side to reach a Women’s Champions League final since Arsenal in 2007. 
      Cuthbert added: “I’ve experienced the heartache of being so close and not reaching the final, so I know what it feels like. 
      “I’ll remember that and I don’t want to experience that again.”
      The final 18-strong squad set to represent Great Britain in the women’s football tournament at the Olympics is due to be announced in May.
      Cuthbert and Chelsea will play London City Lionesses in the fourth round of the Women’s FA CupCredit: PA
      Cuthbert wants to help Chelsea win three more trophies this term following their Conti Cup triumphCredit: Getty
      Four extra players will be invited to travel to Tokyo as reserves.
      Players, who can be chosen from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, will be coached by Hege Riise at the games. 
      The Norway-born coach, 51, was part of a Norwegian side who won gold at the Sydney 2000 games by dispatching tournament favourites the USA with an extra time golden goal.
      Riise’s Team GB players will compete in a 12-team tournament in Tokyo taking place from 21 July to August 6.
       Read our Football live blog for the very latest news from around the grounds
      Hege Riise will select an 18-strong Team squad to compete in the women’s football tournament at the Tokyo OlympicsCredit: PA
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      France 3 England 1: PSG star Baltimore on target as Lionesses fall to first loss under Riise

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      ENGLAND succumbed to their first defeat under interim boss Hege Riise as France impressed in Caen.Sandy Baltimore’s first-half wonder strike was among the goals that saw the visitors lose 3-1 after an entertaining end-to-end battle. 
      France beat England 3-1 in an international friendly in CaenCredit: AP
      PSG star Sandy Baltimore netted France’s opening goalCredit: Reuters
      Before kick-off there was a sombre tribute paid to Prince Phillip, with both teams holding a minute’s silence following The Duke of Edinburgh’s death hours before the clash. 
      And the early exchanges saw France show their attacking intent with danger woman Baltimore shooting narrowly wide after wrong-footing keeper Ellie Roebuck in the seventh minute. 
      With the contest seen as an audition for places in Riise’s Team GB Olympics squad, the Lionesses were also keen to get off to a flier. 
      And the team, led by skipper Ellen White, had some decent opportunities.
      First, through, Beth Mead’s fierce strike forcing a good save from Pauline Magnin-Peyraud in the 13th minute.
      And then through Nikita Parris looking to capitalise on a France error ten minutes later forcing the stopper to tip the ball behind. 
      But it was France –  who looked threatening on the counter – who took the lead with Baltimore smashing her effort into the top corner just after the half-hour mark.
      And England should have equalised in the second minute of stoppage time in the first period, but Parris sent her header agonisingly wide. 
      The second-half saw France win a penalty much to the frustration of skipper White and her team-mates. 
      And super sub Vivianne Asseyi doubled the hosts’ lead on the 60-minute mark. 
      Nikita Parris had a golden opportunity to level the game for England in the stoppage time stage of the first halfCredit: AP

      The introduction of Chloe Kelly, Niamh Charles and Lauren Hemp changed the momentum of the game for England.  
      And Hemp won a penalty converted by Fran Kirby in the late stages of the clash. 
      But a goal on the counter from PSG ace Marie-Antoinette Katoto in the closing moments saw France put the game to bed.
      Hege Riise and the Lionesses will take on Canada who beat Wales 3-0Credit: Getty
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      Team GB sprinter Reece Prescod hopes move to Florida will bring Tokyo Olympics glory and break Linford Christie’s record

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      REECE PRESCOD believes relocating to Florida will revolutionise his career — and fulfil two targets in his athletics career.Britain’s fourth fastest male sprinter flew to the US this month to begin training on the road to the Tokyo 2021 Olympics.
      Reece Prescod, 25, hopes training in Florida will help him bring success to Team GB at the OlympicsCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
      The ambitious 25-year-old — whose 100 metres personal best is 9.94sec — has made no secret about wanting to win a medal and potentially break Linford Christie’s 1993 national record of 9.87.
      Prescod, one of SunSport’s Samurai Seven to watch on the Road to Tokyo, revealed he has parted ways with coach Jonas Dodoo after eight years to link up with veteran Mike Holloway, 62, in the Sunshine State.
      He said: “Mike has been around for years and comes with a lot of expertise.
      “He has coached guys to run sub-44, sub-20 and sub-ten for the 400m, 200m and 100m.
      “I’ve always said I wanted to do the 100m, 200m and 400m. So he ticks all the boxes.
      “In lockdown, I got to a stage where I had time to sit and reflect on everything.
      “When I compete against the world’s best, the guys winning the medals and running the times were from the US and Jamaica.
      “They tend to be in better condition to  survive the rounds.
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      Prescod is Britain’s fourth fastest male sprinterCredit: Getty – Contributor

      “The Americans and Jamaicans always win the majority of the Olympics and World Championships. It’s because of the type of training they’re doing.
      “I want a coach to teach me to do that. Even if it takes me a bit longer that’s ultimately what I want to do. I want to win medals.
      “I don’t want to get a high world ranking or place high on the Diamond League circuit.
      “Fortunately for me, a lot of coaches rated my talent, not just the UK-based ones. I looked at going to Jamaica, maybe Usain Bolt’s old coach, but Jamaican culturally, even though I have family heritage from there, is very different.
      “I liked Mike’s principles, which are about making someone a better athlete and a better man at the same time. I’ve been in England for a long time and I know what I want from myself.
      “The training group there seems really, really friendly, a lot more upbeat.
      “It has come at a good time for me, I’m training good, eating well, sleeping well.
      “I’ve learned now that I cannot base all my happiness and everything on athletics performance.
      “Before that, if I was running well, I am up here. And if I’m running bad, I’m down there. In times like this, that’s not a healthy way to live.
      “In an ideal world I’d live in England, settle down, get a nice house, have a girlfriend, have a nice coach in England, have a nice life.
      Prescod is also eager to break Linford Christie’s record for the 100 metre dashCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
      Prescod is confident his American dream can make his Tokyo gold dream a realityCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
      “But for what I want, for my performance, I need to go there. That’s what I have to try to get out of America.”
      Londoner Prescod, who started following Holloway’s training sessions last year via Zoom, claims he would have been fit for the Tokyo Olympics had they not been postponed by the  pandemic for 12 months.
      Nonetheless, injuries have played a huge part in his  journey.
      Notably the right hamstring  he tore in Oslo in June 2019, which forced him out of the Doha World Championships later that year.
      Prescod spent fortnightly sessions in Germany with Dr Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt, who worked on Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt before the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.
      The 2018 European 100m silver medallist has skipped the indoor season and will concentrate fully on the Team GB trials in Manchester this summer.
      Prescod, who benefits from National Lottery funds, admitted: “The mental barriers play in my head because I haven’t run in a long time. I probably don’t know what 100m feels like now!
      “I’d really like to break the British record and to get some medals at a championship. That’s my aim for the rest of my track career.
      “That’s the level I will aim for. You see how Bolt did it — you’d see him on the Diamond League here and there but, ultimately, he got ready for the Jamaican national trials.
      “Then he went to the Games and gave his best running. That’s what I have got to do now.”
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      British team that travelled to Poland for European Indoor Athletics Championship in isolation after positive Covid test

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      BRITISH athletes that competed at last weekend’s Euro Indoors must self-isolate for ten days following a positive Covid-19 test in the camp.
      The majority of the squad that travelled to Torun in Poland for the European Indoors Athletics Championship – 46 athletes plus 20-odd support staff – will be required to stay at home in line with UK government guidelines.

      British athletes returning from Poland following the European Indoors must self-isolate for ten daysCredit: AFP

      A member of the support staff returned a positive lateral flow test on Tuesday evening – this is despite returning a negative result before flying into the UK.
      It is understood most of the squad, led by new head coach Christian Malcolm, travelled home in the early hours of Monday morning having left their hotel on Sunday evening.
      Athletes had to isolate for five days but this latest development might inconvenience their training schedules.
      A British Athletics spokesperson said: “British Athletics has confirmed that a member of the GB & NI team travelling party returning from Torun provided a positive lateral flow test on the evening of March 9.

      “This has been followed up this morning with a PCR test.
      “As a result, all members of the travelling party will now need to self-isolate for a period of ten days from Monday March 8 (ends Thursday March 18) in line with government guidance.”
      The three-day event was overshadowed by hosts Poland withdrawing their entire 4x400m men’s relay squad after positive coronavirus tests.
      Belgian hurdler Eline Berings was shocked to discover she had tested positive for coronavirus last Saturday despite showing no symptoms.

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      I hope this never happens to anyone again and there can be a solution for such situations in the future.Also, if anyone has an idea what might cause a false positive… I’d be happy to hear. Bad luck is not really an answer that suits professional sports…. @vanranstmarc pic.twitter.com/RU42uCeKUH
      — Eline Berings (@ElineBerings) March 9, 2021

      Though she was immediately excluded from competition, the 34-year-old claims she tested NEGATIVE on the Sunday following another a PCR test.
      Berings tweeted: “I hope this never happens to anyone again and there can be a solution for such situations in the future.
      “Also, if anyone has an idea what might cause a false positive…I’d be happy to hear. Bad luck is not really an answer that suits professional sports.”
      False positives could indeed be a major headaches for competitors heading to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics later this summer – as it would almost certainly rule them out of action in the Japanese capital.
      At the Europeans, Britain won 12 medals – two golds, four silvers, six bronzes – to finish third in the standings behind Holland and Portugal.
      This matches their record haul from Glasgow in 2019 and represents their best squad display on foreign soil in the competition’s 55-year history.
      Keely Hodgkinson, the 19-year-old Leigh runner, won 800m gold at her first major champs while US-based Amy-Eloise Markovc was triumphant in the 3,000m on the opening night.

      Sisters Cindy Sember and Tiffany Porter, in the mask, won silver and bronze in the 60m hurdlesCredit: Getty Images – Getty

      Keely Hodgkinson became European 800m champion, one of two gold medals won by Britain in Torun, PolandCredit: EPA

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      Team GB ace Cheavon Clarke holding on to Olympic dream and following in golden oldie Joe Joyce’s footsteps

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      CHEAVON CLARKE is looking up to Joe Joyce and banking on becoming another Team GB golden oldie.
      The 30-year-old Team GB heavyweight celebrated The Juggernaut’s November win over Daniel Dubois, especially as Joyce went into the British title clash as the underdog.

      Team GB heavyweight Ceavon Clarke is holding tight for the Tokyo OlympicsCredit: PA:Press Association

      The Putney ace took his 2016 Olympic silver quality – after he was robbed of a gold in Rio – as well as all of his knowhow from years in the British amateur boxing super-school to dominate the red-hot prospect.
      Joyce, 35, spent years as Anthony Joshua’s understudy in Sheffield and had to bide his time.
      And Clarke is having to show similar patience now the pandemic is delaying his overdue shot at Olympic legacy.
      “Joe is a good story, I respect his hustle and the way he has levelled up,” Clarke told SunSport.

      “Joe started boxing later in life than a lot of boxers and took every opportunity that came his way and has never settled.
      “Some people get on the Team GB squad and think ‘I am the best in the country’ but then they have to go on to become the best in Europe and the world.
      “That’s why I respect what Joe has done, as well as guys like Joshua Buatsi, James DeGale, AJ and going right back to Audley Harrison.”

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      The delay to Tokyo 2020 has forced a lot of amateur boxers into snap decisions.
      Former Team GB prospect Solly Dacres will make his pro debut on March 20 and the American amateur team lost their hottest talent Keyshawn Davis to the paid ranks last month on the Canelo undercard.
      But Kent ace Clarke, speaking to SunSport to launch his new website and clothing line, is still laser-focused on representing his country at the highest level.
      “We are all on our own journey so everyone has to make their own right decision,” he said.

      Cheavon Clarke wants to follow in the footsteps of Team GB stars like James DeGale and Anthony Joshua.Credit: Getty Images – Getty

      “But, for me, there is only The Olympics. No disrespect to anyone, but anyone can be a professional boxer, not a lot of people can say they have even been to an Olympics, let alone medalled or won.
      “Good luck to everyone turning over now but I have set myself a goal and I like to conquer one level at a time.
      “There is a proven track record of success here and that leaves clues.
      “It isn’t the only way, but if you build your pedigree then when you turn professional you are usually very successful.

      Joe Joyce wins a silver medal for GB in super heavyweight boxing at Rio 2016
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      Watch Team GB star and pharmacist Tiffany Porter run hurdles in fastest time this year wearing a mask

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      TEAM GB hurdler Tiffany Porter clocked her fastest time this year while wearing a mask.
      The 33-year-old is a pharmacist based in the US and opted to wear the face covering despite not being ordered to do so and having received two vaccine doses for Covid-19.

      Pharmacist and athlete Tiffany Porter opted to wear a mask and ended up running a season’s bestCredit: USA TODAY Sports

      Porter safely negotiated the hurdles while wearing a maskCredit: USA TODAY Sports

      Porter juggles competing at the top level of athletics with working as a pharmacistCredit: Instagram @tiffofili

      Running indoors in New York on Saturday, she came second in the 60-metre hurdles in 7.89 seconds – a season’s best and only 0.09 seconds off her personal best for the distance.
      On Instagram, Porter asked for people to respect her decision to wear a mask after footage of her competing was shared by the World Athletics page.
      She said: “Thanks @worldathletics for the post. I have gotten a lot of questions about why I’m choosing to run in a mask so here are a few things:
      “1. Yes I am fully vaccinated against Covid-19, and today marked two weeks since my second dose.

      “2. Yes I ‘understand the science’ and I’m also aware how the pandemic, mask-wearing, government response etc has become controversial and politicised.

      Wearing a mask does not bother me and I train daily with one so competing with one on is not a big deal for me.”
      Tiffany Porter

      “3. Wearing a mask does not bother me and I train daily with one so competing with one on is not a big deal for me.
      “4. It makes me more comfortable to take every extra precaution (even if seen as ‘extra or unnecessary’) and that should be respected.
      “5. No I do not judge others for their decisions/their approach to this pandemic.

      “6. Information regarding the pandemic is rapidly evolving and we acquire new information and guidelines daily.”
      Porter was running against her younger sister Cindy Sember who also competes under the Union Jack flag for Team GB.

      The footage was shared on the World Athletics Instagram pageCredit: Instagram @worldathletics

      The British athlete came second in the indoor race in New YorkCredit: Instagram @worldathletics

      Sember, 26, came fifth in 8.22 seconds but along with all the other runners did not choose to wear any PPE while sprinting.
      The pair both made the 2016 Rio Olympics 100m hurdles final – Porter finished seventh with Sember just outside the medals in fourth, despite running a season’s best on the biggest stage of all.
      Porter was born in the US to a British mother and Nigerian father and represented the country of her birth until switching allegiance at the end of the 2010 season.
      She graduated from the University of Michigan with a doctorate in pharmacy in 2012.
      Porter juggles competing with her work as a pharmacist and said: “I am a woman who wears many hats and I’m very passionate about the different roles I play.
      “I’m a firm believer in giving your all, no matter the task.”

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      Team GB athletes face being kicked out of Tokyo Olympics if they catch Covid in Japan as chiefs try to avoid outbreak

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      TEAM GB stars who catch Covid-19 in Tokyo will be kicked out of the Olympics.
      In the newly-published IOC and IPC Playbook for Athletes and Officials – available to read on the insidethegames website – there will be a number of counter-measures in place to avoid any potential coronavirus outbreaks this summer.

      Tokyo 2020 officials are setting out strict measures for the summer’s GamesCredit: EPA

      If anyone provides a confirmed positive test during the Games, they should ‘immediately begin isolating’ and inform their designated Covid-19 Liaison Officer.
      Infected individuals will ‘either be required to continue isolating or be hospitalised’ and more significantly, they ‘will not be allowed to compete’.
      Depending on the symptoms displayed, the location of any isolation period could be a ‘government-approved isolation facility’ not the Athletes’ Village.
      Anyone deemed to be a ‘close contact’ of a positive case will be retested.

      All the athletes will be tested at least every four days during their stay at the Games.
      They must monitor their daily health and record their temperature for 14 days before travelling to Japan this summer.
      They must also prepare a list of all the people they expect to have close contact with – for example, room-mates, coaches, physiotherapists or immediate team members.
      Contact with others must be kept to a minimum and using public transport is forbidden.

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      As reported earlier this week, Olympians must ‘avoid shouting, cheering and singing’ and will be encouraged to clap their compatriots instead.
      This would suggest that singing the national anthem would be banned but the organising committee refused to answer questions on this at a media briefing on Wednesday.
      Questions also need to be asked whether any athlete would be stripped of their accreditation if they celebrate against the rules in the venues.
      Gyms, tourist areas, shops, restaurants or bars are all banned to avoid the spread of the killer virus.

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      Team GB hero and Olympic hopeful Dina Asher-Smith reveals she has been seeing psychologist since start of Covid pandemic

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      DINA ASHER-SMITH revealed she has been seeing a psychologist since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
      Britain’s fastest woman’s dreams of Olympic glory last summer were thrown upside down with Tokyo 2020 delayed a year.

      Dina Asher-Smith turned to a psychologist at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemicCredit: Carla Guler / Women’s Health UK

      Britain’s speed queen wants to be in the best place mentally to compete at the top levelCredit: EPA

      But she refused to let the scuppered plans cripple her years at the top of world athletics.
      And so the Londoner, 25, immediately took the step of turning to an in-house psychologist at British Athletics to keep her mentally on track.
      Speaking to Women’s Health, Asher-Smith revealed: “When the pandemic hit, it was like, ‘Right, okay, let’s make sure my brain’s okay.’
      “The first thing I did was to get a psychologist because I’ve worked too hard for too long to have something like a pandemic ruin the next few years for me.

      “We’ve got five years on the go, which in track and field we have never seen before.
      “And the only way you can put your best foot forward is by being in the right frame of mind.”
      Asher-Smith broke her own British records for the 100m and 200m at 2019’s World Championships in Doha to win silver and gold respectively.
      She was also part of Team GB’s 4x100m relay team that managed a national-best 41.77s lap to claim bronze at Rio 2016.

      And it is that level of unparalleled ability that has seen her thrown into the British public’s conscience – not that she would have chosen to be such a famous figure.
      Asher-Smith added: “Believe it or not, when I was at school I was quite shy. But, obviously, you realise that being shy, unfortunately, is incompatible with being a high-profile sportsperson.
      “People will take your shyness as either you’re trying to hide something, or you’re being mean, or being cold – and you just have to come out of your shell.”
      That shyness could easily have seen Asher-Smith drop out of sport participation, as it does for a large group of girls as they hit their early teens.
      The Orpington sprint queen is not surprised, though.
      Many do not have the role models to inspire them and are made to feel as though a career as a sportswoman is not a plausible avenue.
      Thankfully for Asher-Smith, the Williams sisters helped transform that misconception for her – as they have done for the new generation of tennis stars.
      The athletics ace – who will be hoping of bringing home golds from next month’s European Indoors in Poland – said: “There’s a big drop off of girls who do sport when they’re about 13 to 15 or around that age, and everybody seems to be confused as to why.

      Girls see the ideal of femininity projected to them and, as a young sportswoman, you look and think, ‘So, am I opposite to that?’
      Dina Asher-Smith

      “To me, it’s perfectly clear. I think at that age, when people become more aware of their surroundings and people start to look for who they are, what it means to be a woman, sport isn’t in that picture.
      “They see the ideal of femininity projected to them and, as a young sportswoman, you look and think, ‘So, am I opposite to that?’
      “You have to show that being a career sportswoman is viable, is celebrated, is positive, it doesn’t come with stereotypes, it doesn’t come with boxes that you have to fit and that it’s not at odds with being a woman.
      “When Serena and Venus were the only two black women in tennis all that time ago, they were able to be pioneers.
      “But now you’ve got Naomi Osaka, you’ve got Coco Gauff, Sloane Stephens.
      “You’ve got so many black girls because the Williams sisters have shown, yes, this is a sport they can play at the highest level.”

      Asher-Smith is preparing for this summer’s rearranged Olympic Games in TokyoCredit: Carla Guler / Women’s Health UK

      The Londoner recognises why so many girls drop out of sport at an early ageCredit: Carla Guler / Women’s Health UK

      She was speaking to Women’s Health magazine for their March editionCredit: Carla Guler / Women’s Health UK

      Asher-Smith won three medals at the 2019 World Championships including the 200m goldCredit: AFP or licensors

      Venus and Serena Williams have helped pave the way for black girls to dream of making a career in sportCredit: Getty Images – Getty

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