DARYLL NEITA has a shot at redemption tonight as one the pivotal figures in Britain's 4x100metre women's relay team, after she missed out on gold at the European Athletics Championships last night.
The Londoner had been favourite for a first major individual title in the 200m, but was pipped to the line by Switzerland's Mujinga Kambundji by one-hundredth of a second.
While it was a season's best for Neita, for whom Rome was something of a home championships, having trained in Italy for the past three years, frustratingly she had run seven times quicker for the distance last season alone.
She will join forces with Dina Asher-Smith among others in her quest for a golden finish on what is the last night of these championships.
"I am honestly just so disappointed, because I really wanted that medal. I know how much I should have got that," she said after her individual event. "I'm upset at myself, because I came here for the gold.
"I thought it was close on the line, I could feel myself dipping, which isn't my strongest thing."
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