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Great Britain fall short of medal target despite Dina Asher-Smith success

Excellent Britain recorded their medal total in the World Championships after relay play that was late because 2005.
The squad finished with five awards in Doha.
It seemed like being six after Jamaica were disqualified for lining up to get a changeover wrongly when Laviai Nielsen, Emily Diamond, Jodie Williams and Zoey Clark were encouraged to third in the womens 4×400 metres relay.
On the other hand, the Jamaican quartet won and appealed from the decision and, they failed and missed out with a medal, though Great Britain followed against the reinstatement of Jamaica.
Asher-Smith won 200m gold silver and 4x100m relay silver whereas Katarina Johnson-Thompson took the heptathlon title along with the mens 4x100m team claimed silver.
Even with Johnson-Thompsons and Asher-Smith landmark successes, operation director Neil Black confessed improvement is needed after the total as Helsinki.
He explained:Theres a lot to feel really, really great about. But the reality is the medal tally isnt [what] we would have wanted and expected.
It may be easier, it should be safer. We be talking with UK Sport. Our relationship with UK Sport is really favorable.
Its [about] working together, reviewing, preparation. What have we learnt, what exactly are we really going to do about it, how can we convert the nearlies into chords?
The 4x400m guys of Rabah Yousif, Toby Harries, Cameron Chalmers and Lee Thompson did not finish the race of the Championships.
Harries failed to hand the baton into Yousif over at the shift that was next with Harries end up holding it.
On Sunday, Jake Wightman came fifth, Josh Kerr finished sixth and Neil Gourley was 11th in the mens 1500m, which had been acquired by Kenyas Timothy Cheruiyot in 3 minutes 29.26 seconds.
From the womens long jump final, which was won by Germanys Malaika Mihambo having a leap of 7.30m, Abigail Irozuru came (6.64m) with Shara Proctor 11th on 6.43m.
Cindi Ofili bowed from the 100m hurdles in the semi-final after arriving sixth in 12.95 seconds.

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