British Athlete Becomes First in 92-Year History of European Championships to Win Four Med
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“It’s just a dream come true – I’ll remember this week for the rest of my life,” she said after becoming the first athlete in the 92-year history of the European Championships to win four gold medals in a single event.
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BBC SportThe 24-year-old has overcome her share of setbacks to achieve a historic haul of four European gold medals in a sensational seven days on home soil.
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Hunt has never been afraid to choose the hard path. Undertaking an English Literature degree at Cambridge University, she was determined to prove - as she did in winning silver at last year's World Championships - that you can be "an academic badass and a track goddess".
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Published Amy Hunt and Dina Asher-Smith made history and Georgia Hunter Bell claimed a commanding 1500m gold as Great Britain maintained their bid to top the final medal table at the European Championships.
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The Guardian SportA lot of attention will be on the women’s 1500m as Britain’s Georgia Hunter Bell goes for her first European title, but she could be pushed all the way by France’s Agathe Guillemot. Sarah Healy is in with a shout of Ireland’s fifth medal of these championships. We’ve also got men’s and women’s 4x400 relays to finish the night.
AP SportsBIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Amy Hunt won a record fourth gold medal in a single edition of the European championships when Britain clinched victory in the mixed 4x100 relay on Sunday.
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Asher-Smith won her career eighth European championships gold and became the competition’s most decorated athlete with her 11th medal, moving one ahead of the late Polish sprinter Irena Szewinska.
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The Guardian SportBut Hunt wasn’t the only history maker on the night as Asher-Smith made it a record 11 European medals in total – surpassing Polish sprinter Irena Szewinska.
BBC SportWith her eighth gold and 11th medal overall, Asher-Smith is unparalleled as the most successful athlete in the competition's 92-year history, with a team also featuring Jeremiah Azu and Zharnel Hughes extending the hosts' domination of the sprint events.
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Italy wins medal table Bragging rights were on the line in the last event of the week-long championships when Britain and Italy were tied at nine golds each atop the medal table.
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BBC SportThat was Great Britain's ninth gold medal, taking them above Italy at the top of the standings - and the team's 16th overall.
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When the baton was slapped into her hand on the anchor leg of the mixed 4x100m relay, the British athlete was a fraction behind Gina Lückenkemper of Germany. But then Hunt became the hunter.
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AP SportsOn the anchor leg, Hunt pulled away from Gina Lückenkemper to cross the line for gold.
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Four in a row for Duplantis Swedish pole vaulter Armand “Mondo” Duplantis earned his fourth consecutive European championship title by clearing 6.15 meters.
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The Guardian SportThe session starts with the men’s pole vault, which is just as well because Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis tends to be the last person performing at the end of a session. He has broken the world record this year but that was back in March and he was beaten at his home Diamond League in Stockholm by Australia’s Kurtis Marschall in June. Surely he won’t suffer another shock?
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On Sunday morning, Finland’s Alisa Vainio won gold in the women’s marathon in a championship record 2hrs 22.26min, an impressive time particularly on such a hilly course, with Britain’s Abbie Donnelly taking bronze in 2:27.33. Britain also won gold in the team event.
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AP SportsIn the women’s marathon Sunday, Finland’s Alisa Vainio dominated the field to finish in 2:22:26, nearly five minutes ahead of silver medalist Lili Anna Vindics-Toth of Hungary. Britain’s Abbie Donnelly took bronze. Vainio broke Christelle Daunay’s championship record from 2014 by almost three minutes.
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Dozens of athletes, including Britain’s Amy Hunt, and thousands of spectators were caught up in a massive security operation involving armed police at the European Athletics Championships on Saturday night.
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01 BBC Sport Published Amy Hunt did not realise what she had done the first time she created headline-making history.
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02 AP Sports Hunt had already won two individual titles — the 100 and 200 — and added a third gold Saturday in the women’s 4x100 relay at Alexander Stadium.
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03 The Guardian Sport We take a look back at some of our favourite track and field images from Birmingham after Great Britain finished second in the medal table
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