Asher-smith & Alfred Set For Glasgow Commonwealths

British grounds holder Dina Asher-Smith and Olympic 100m champion Julien Alfred are group to characteristic successful nan sprint programme astatine this summer's Commonwealth Games successful Glasgow.

With 100 days to spell until nan Games statesman connected 23 July, England's Asher-Smith will beryllium hoping to adhd a first individual Commonwealth golden to her extended badge postulation astatine Scotstoun Stadium.

The 30-year-old, who holds nan British records for nan women's 60m, 100m and 200m, could proceed her rivalry pinch Saint Lucia's Alfred, who claimed 100m golden and 200m metallic astatine nan Paris Olympics successful 2024.

Asher-Smith, a 200m world champion successful 2019 and aggregate European champion, said: "I'm really excited and I'm decidedly aiming to compete astatine some nan Europeans and nan Commonwealth Games, chiefly because it's going to beryllium truthful overmuch fun.

"You are going to spot a batch of talented athletes travel retired and perform, from each crossed nan world. From nan Caribbean nations to nan African nations and each crossed nan Commonwealth, I deliberation location are going to beryllium immoderate unthinkable performances.

"I deliberation we're besides going to person a batch of Scottish newcomers arsenic well, truthful you should decidedly travel and support."

Alfred, who will beryllium looking to spell 1 amended than nan 100m metallic she claimed successful Birmingham successful 2022, added: "The Commonwealth title is very overmuch 1 I would for illustration to adhd arsenic I effort to build a bequest truthful that erstwhile I do 1 time measurement distant from nan track, group will opportunity I accomplished everything I perchance could."