STILL smarting from an agonising fourth place in the women’s 4x100m at the World Championships in Beijing last year, Desiree Henry believes the GB sprint team now has the confidence to challenge the fastest teams in the world.
Henry, the current UK No.1 in the 100m with 11.06, anchored a British quartet that included Asha Philip, Dina Asher-Smith and Jodie Williams in Beijing to a national record of 42.10 and was within a few strides of reeling in Trinidad & Tobago’s Semoy Hackett in third.
The British relay squad is a far cry from four years ago when the country failed to qualify for the 2012 Olympics. But since that disappointment Britain has won two global medals, while an English team also took bronze at the Commonwealth Games.
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