Asher-Smith and Hughes break records at UK Champs

Dina Asher-Smith and Zharnel Hughes broke competition records in claiming 200m victories at the UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham.

Former world champion Asher-Smith edged the women's race in a dramatic photo finish, holding off 100m winner Amy Hunt to triumph in 22.14 seconds.

Hughes completed the men's sprint double as he clocked 19.90 to add to his 100m victory on Saturday.

Both secured their places in the 200m for the World Championships in Tokyo in September, with the weekend doubling as the British trials.

Athletes needed to achieve a top-two finish, and have met the World Athletics entry standard, to be assured of a place in the squad, to be announced on 27 August.

Olympic 1500m medallist Georgia Hunter Bell won the 800m final to secure a spot in Tokyo, where she could face training partner and Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson.

Max Burgin claimed a dominant win in the men's 800m, while title favourites Charlie Dobson and Amber Anning earned 400m golds.

World 1500m champion Josh Kerr, already assured of a place in the squad in that event, had time to wave to the crowd in the closing stages of a comfortable 5,000m win.

High jumper Morgan Lake and long jumper Jazmin Sawyers also secured their Tokyo places on the final day of the two-day meet.

After dedicating his 100m victory to his aunt, whose funeral he had to miss to be present at the trials, Hughes returned to the track to overpower his rivals and once again assert himself as the UK's dominant male sprinter.

The British record holder in the 100m and 200m, Hughes followed up his wind-assisted sub-10 on Saturday by breaking Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake's 200m championship record of 20.05.

After finishing clear of Jona Efoloko (20.42) and Ethan Wiltshire (20.51), world 100m bronze medallist Hughes said: "It felt fantastic. I can go a lot faster.

"My coach will get me much sharper. There's still more than a month to go."

Asher-Smith, who chose not to contest the 100m, ran a season's best to capture the women's 200m title despite being chased down by the fast-finishing Hunt.

"It was an excellent race. I didn't know who had got it. The ladies ran amazingly and it bodes well for the relay," Asher-Smith said.

"I'm in great shape, it was a great run and there are still a few things I can tweak, so I'm happy."

Hunt was awarded the same time - under Asher-Smith's previous record of 22.18 - as Daryll Neita clocked 22.30 for third following her 100m final disqualification for a false start.