Dina Asher Smith and her Olympic Dream
The Overlap
The Overlap
4.3 • 571 Ratings
🗓️ 27 July 2021
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Joining Gary on the fourth episode of The Overlap, is World Champion and Olympic hopeful, Dina Asher-Smith.
One of our brightest hopes for the Tokyo Olympic games, Dina shares all, from her upbringing, to Olympic preparations, to tackling racism. Gary and Dina even go head to head on the track… before Gary's hamstring gave way!
Make sure to watch to the end, to see a special present from David Beckham for Dina & her mum.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone and welcome to another episode of the Overlap podcast with me Gary Neville |
| 0:04.2 | and the world 100 and 200 metre champion and the fastest woman in British history, |
| 0:09.0 | Dina Asher Smith, brought to you exclusively by Skybet. |
| 0:12.4 | Give it a subscribe, a review, a share only if you like. |
| 0:15.9 | So, Dean, about five years ago, I was sacked as the manager of Valencia after four months. |
| 0:20.0 | Oh, I'm sorry about that, didn't it? Deina, you're the first person to ever say, I'm really sorry about me being sacked in Valencia. Everyone else takes a. That would be like, well, I mean, if you deserved it then. I mean, this is the moment that you've lived for. I had the potential to make a whole nation of people proud. You've spoken out on racism and experience it yourself. |
| 0:39.9 | People need to be willing to want to tackle it. |
| 0:43.3 | Oh! |
| 0:45.1 | Everybody can be on Instagram and social media, |
| 0:47.5 | like hashtag working so hard, hashtag workout Wednesday. |
| 0:51.0 | It's like, okay, yeah, you can do all that. |
| 0:52.3 | When it comes down to it, let's see. |
| 0:56.0 | Oh, no, no. |
| 0:57.7 | Dina, I just want to say, good luck in the Olympics. |
| 1:03.5 | On this episode of the overlap, I've come to meet Dina Asher Smith, the 200 metres world champion. |
| 1:15.3 | We discussed the relationship between herself and her long-time coach, John Blackie, |
| 1:21.7 | her preparations for the Tokyo Olympic Games, and the role sports should play in tackling racism. So hi, Dina, welcome to the overlap and tell me about this place. |
| 1:34.4 | Hi, thank you very much for having me. |
| 1:36.2 | We're at Norman Park in Bromley and it's where I've trained my whole sporting life, I guess. |
| 1:42.6 | I've been here since I was eight years old and it is pretty much a second home. |
| 1:47.0 | Everybody does come and they do acknowledge that it's not what they expect. |
| 1:51.0 | I would describe it as humble, a little bit like under nine's football, |
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