Britain’s 4x100m relay star Dina Asher-Smith to make comeback at this weekend’s World Championship trials
Team GB missed out on a maximum 11 points on Saturday when the 4x100m girls and have been struggling for form
DINA ASHER-SMITH is set to make her comeback at this weekend's World Championship trials in a bid to get Britain's 4x100m relay girls back on track.
The British team finished fourth at the European Team Championships yesterday notching up 269 points behind winners Germany on 321.50 points and Poland on 295 points.
Hosts France leap-frogged into third spot by just ONE point only after the final event of the competition, the men's 4x400m.
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But Britain missed out on a maximum 11 points on Saturday when the 4x100m girls, who won Olympic bronze in Rio and were favourites to win here, bungled the final change-over and failed to finish.
Shannon Hylton, who was making her senior debut and was standing in for injured Asher-Smith, fluffed the hand-over to Darryl Neita after Asha Philip and Desiree Henry made a great start.
Asher-Smith, the reigning European 200m champion, suffered a broken foot back in February but will now compete in Birmingham next weekend in a bid to book an individual place in her favoured event at the World Championships in London in August.
The 21-year-old would also be involved in the relay at the Olympic Stadium and her presence would make the team genuine medal contenders again, having just missed out on the podium at the last worlds in Beijing two years ago.
The bronze in Rio was the first time in 32 years the British women had won an Olympic medal in the event.
Neita, 20, admitted: "It's important that Dina gets back. We have a really good rapport in the team. We were the perfect team in Rio and we really do need Dina back.