Dina Asher-Smith was all smiles last week — and for good reason. She’d just bagged her first 200m win of the season at the UK Championships in Birmingham. You could hear the satisfaction in her voice when she spoke after the race, even though she admitted, “I could have been a bit more active going my home stretch, but again, to be running these kind of times, you still have stuff to work on and be excited to go away and work on it. It’s a great position to be in. I mean, from an entertainment factor point of view, it was quite entertaining to watch.” And honestly, she had another reason to be buzzing, too.

When asked about her prep, Dina dropped a bit of news. “I’ve been working on some stuff to do with my race phasing, race prep. And I think, as you can see, it’s paid dividends. Like, I’m just so happy and I feel in a very confident and capable place.” she said. Translation? She’s packed up from Edrick Floreal’s setup after almost two years and moved somewhere new — and nope, it’s not in the US. She’s back at Norman Park, Bromley. After two years away, being back in the UK feels like home for her, and you could tell she was soaking it in after Birmingham. As for her new coach?

On August 9, track and field analyst Owen M dropped a clip on Instagram showing Dina Asher-Smith deep in prep mode at Norman Park. The 2019 world champ looked totally locked in — but the coach? Nowhere in sight. The video didn’t give away a thing, and Dina’s keeping quiet too. So, the mystery’s still alive. What’s certain, though, is that she’s set to line up for the women’s 100m at the Silesia Diamond League.

The 100m in Silesia isn’t exactly going to be a walk in the park for Dina. Olympic champ Julien Alfred is in the mix, and let’s be real — last year in Paris, Dina didn’t even make it to the women’s 100m final. In the 200m, she missed the podium too. Overall, her individual events were ones she’d probably rather forget. The string of disappointments hit her hard, and she later admitted how emotional it all made her. Sure, she played a big part in helping Team GB’s women’s 4x100m squad snag silver in Paris, but the sting of those individual results? That stuck with her long after the Games.

Dina Asher-Smith wants to change the course

After the Paris Olympics, when Dina Asher-Smith was pressed on what went wrong in the French capital, she didn’t sugarcoat a thing. “I just made mistakes. That’s literally it,” Dina Asher-Smith admitted. Digging deeper, she said, “You run angry. You run with too much tension and you don’t run fast. I need to race relaxed. Racing angry and racing, ‘I want this, I want this,’ does not work for me. That’s basically what I did.” It was a rare moment of raw honesty — and one that hinted at bigger questions about how she handles pressure.

“I was healthy, I was running fast. I did all these things. Yeah, it was nothing to do with my capacity or what I was capable of. I just went around that in the wrong way. I made a mistake,” Was that Dina’s subtle way of signaling a shake-up in her coaching setup? Possibly. Either way, Dina’s made it clear she’s not dwelling on the past. But as for who’s guiding her now? That mystery’s still one of track and field’s best-kept secrets.