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Hudson-Smith and Asher-Smith celebrate wins in Lausanne
Dina Asher-Smith celebrates after winning the 100m during the World Athletics Diamond League meeting at the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise in Lausanne, Switzerland, August 22, 2024

MATTHEW HUDSON-SMITH and Dina Asher-Smith bounced back from their Olympic disappointments with victories in the Diamond League in Lausanne.

Hudson-Smith was pipped to gold in the men’s 400 metres final at Paris 2024 by just four hundredths of a second by Quincy Hall and the pair were expected to renew their rivalry on Thursday evening.

But Hall withdrew from the showdown and Hudson-Smith claimed the win in 43.96 seconds, eight hundredths of a second quicker than Olympic bronze medallist Muzala Samukonga.

Asher-Smith did not make the women’s 100m final in the French capital but she ran a season’s best 10.88 seconds to triumph in Switzerland, with British compatriot Daryll Neita a disappointing seventh.

Great Britain made it a sprint double by winning the women’s 4x100m, while Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo prevailed in the men’s 200m.

However, Jakob Ingebrigtsen gained a measure of revenge for losing to Cole Hocker in the men’s 1500m final at the Olympics as the Norwegian prevailed in their latest meeting by just over two seconds.

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