Only during an Olympic year can a performance like this be enhanced, but with less than three months until Paris 2024, Daryll Neita is intent on savoring the ride.
At the Suzhou Diamond League, the 27-year-old showed off her smile as she easily won the 200 meters in 22.62 seconds. American Sha’Carri Richardson, who has also won a global medal in the same distance, was among the competitors who fell behind.
When she races over 100 meters at the upcoming Diamond League meeting in Doha on Friday, live on news from 17:00 BST, she hopes to gain even more momentum.
“It feels good to surprise yourself,” the British sprinter says to Sport.
“I went into the race wanting and expecting to win because my coach has been working me so hard, but I had no idea what would happen in terms of time.” I think the reason I displayed that emotion was to feel so amazing that I over the limit.