British Sprinter Dina Asher-Smith Covers British Vogue Digital August 2021

The fastest woman in British history, sprinter Dina Asher-Smith, owns the digital cover of British Vogue’s August 2021 issue. Poppy Kain styles the Olympian in vibrant, optimistic, sexy clothes lensed by Charlotte Wales [IG].

In the interview with Ellie Pithers, the focus is more on Dina’s beauty style and preparations to wear lavish makeup before a race than fashion.

The “getting ready” process, executed quietly and methodically, takes exactly an hour. Asher-Smith explains, “When I’m out on the track, I’m not thinking about what I look like. I’m just trying to win. But beforehand, I need to be calm. Doesn’t matter how nervous you might feel, if you need to do your eyeliner, you cannot be shaking.”

Enough with the beauty routine, Dina. Readers should know that Asher-Smith is the world 200m champion. Last week, she booked her place on the GB Tokyo Olympics team, winning the 100m title with a time of 10.97 seconds. Her biggest rival in Tokyo is expected to be Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who set a world record of 10,63 in the 100m in June and clocked her win at the Jamaica Olympic trials on Friday with 10.71 time.