Dina vows to kick on after sealing back-to-back wins

DINA ASHER-SMITH won her second race in less than 48 hours – then revealed how she had stayed on track for the Olympics through lockdown.

Britain’s golden girl followed her 60m triumph in Karlsruhe with victory over the same distance in Dusseldorf yesterday afternoon.

She was unable to match Friday night’s world lead of 7.08secs, stopping the clock this time in 7.12 to pip Swiss star Ajla Del Ponte, who ran 7.16.

World 200m champion Asher-Smith, right, declared herself “very happy” with back-to-back “solid” performances after 15 months out of competition.

“I knew I was in good shape but sometimes it takes me a few meets to get going,” said Asher-Smith. “Hopefully, with a bit more training and hard work we can push to faster times.”

The 25-year-old raced against only local opposition on her home track as the sport all but shutdown in 2020.

She said: “My coach and I broke down small targets as we were going throughout the lockdown.We did training blocks, then focused on the indoors, stuff like that. “Motivation-wise, it’s been OK – and with the Olympic Games this year you are always motivated.” Katarina Johnson-Thompson faces a race against time to be fit and firing at the Olympics. Britain’s world champion heptathlete picked up a serious Achilles injury in training at the end of last year and is grounded until March – five months from the start of the Tokyo Games.