Kent’s Dina Asher-Smith stormed to victory in the 200m at the Diamond League meeting in Florence.

The world champion powered to an emphatic win in a season’s best 22.06 seconds, the second-fastest time in the world this year and a Golden Gala meeting record.

Asher-Smith’s time was just 0.03secs off Shaunae Miller-Uibo’s world-leading mark and she is confident there is more to come.

“It’s been really hard over the past year and a bit because of the pandemic, so I’m really proud to be able to put that kind of time [down] and I definitely have more in me,” she said.

Victory maintained the 25-year-old’s unbeaten start to the season following 100m wins in Gateshead and Hengelo and her season-opening 200m success in Savona last month.