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All rights reserved.",{"title":83,"slug":84,"category":85,"badge":86,"author":87,"excerpt":88,"date":89,"readTime":90,"image":91,"imageAlt":83,"tags":92,"body":95,"_path":96},"Johnson-Thompson and Asher-Smith out of Commonwealth Games through injury","johnson-thompson-asher-smith-commonwealth-withdrawal","long-reads","Long Reads: Feature","James Chen","Two of Britain's biggest athletics names withdraw from the Commonwealth Games, dealing a blow to their medal hopes.","2026-07-23 13:17:55","1 min read","\u002Fimages\u002Farticles\u002Fjohnson-thompson-asher-smith-commonwealth-withdrawal.webp",[93,94],"Athletics","Commonwealth Games","## Birmingham's athletics programme opens without its two headliners\n\nKatarina Johnson-Thompson and Dina Asher-Smith have withdrawn from the Commonwealth Games before competition begins, removing the two athletes most casual fans would recognise from the home team.\n\nJohnson-Thompson, the Olympic heptathlon silver medallist, won the 2019 world title in Doha with **6,981 points**. 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