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British sprinter Amy Hunt won four gold medals at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, becoming the first woman to achieve the feat at a single edition of the competition.
Hunt won her fourth gold in the mixed 4×100-meter relay, helping Britain win in 39.97 seconds alongside Jeremiah Azu, Dina Asher-Smith and Zharnel Hughes.
The 24-year-old had already won the women’s 100 and 200 meters, clocking 11.00 seconds and 22.19, respectively. She added a third gold in the women’s 4×100 relay Saturday as Britain finished in 42.05.
According to the Daily Mail, no woman had previously won four gold medals at a single European Athletics Championships.
Britain faced a close contest in the mixed relay final. Azu handed the baton to Asher-Smith with the team in fourth before the former 200-meter world champion moved Britain into the lead. Germany regained the advantage during Hughes’ leg, leaving Hunt 0.03 seconds behind Gina Lueckenkemper at the final exchange.
Hunt overtook Lueckenkemper on the anchor leg as Britain finished 0.14 seconds ahead of Germany. Hunt covered the final 100-meter leg in 9.86 seconds.
Britain made a late change to its relay lineup, and Hunt had practiced baton exchanges with Hughes for the first time about an hour before the final, according to the Daily Mail.
The championships marked a major breakthrough for Hunt, a University of Cambridge graduate who had previously described herself as a “track goddess and academic badass.”
Britain also collected medals in several women’s events on the final day. Georgia Hunter Bell won the 1,500 meters in 4 minutes, 7.78 seconds, while Abbie Donnelly became the first British woman to win an individual European Championships marathon medal, taking bronze. Britain also won the women’s marathon team title.
Jazmin Sawyers, returning from an Achilles tendon rupture, earned silver in the long jump with a mark of 6.99 meters.
Britain finished the championships on home soil with 19 medals.
(This article was produced with the assistance of AI. — Ed.)
