Hunt wins fourth gold as Asher-Smith breaks Euro record
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- Amy Hunt anchored the mixed 4x100m relay to a European record of 39.97 seconds for an unprecedented fourth gold in a single championships, adding to her 100m, 200m, and women's 4x100m titles
- Dina Asher-Smith claimed her eighth gold and 11th medal overall, surpassing all prior athletes to become the most decorated competitor in the 92-year history of the European Championships
- Georgia Hunter Bell controlled the women's 1500m final before bursting clear to win in 4:07.78, more than one second ahead of Poland's Klaudia Kazimierska, completing the third leg of her planned 2026 quadruple
- Matthew Hudson-Smith took silver in the men's 4x400m relay — finishing 0.03 seconds behind Italy — to amass his ninth medal overall, surpassing France's Christophe Lemaitre as the most decorated man in championship history
- Zharnel Hughes earned his sixth gold at these championships, passing Mo Farah and Roger Black as the most successful British man in the competition's history
- Jazmin Sawyers recorded a career-best outdoor long jump of 6.99 metres but finished one centimetre behind Italy's Larissa Iapichino for silver
- Great Britain ended the championships with nine golds and 19 medals, but Italy edged them to top of the medal table by claiming the final gold in the men's 4x400m relay
Why it matters: GB collected five medals in the championships' final 76 minutes, a late surge that nearly overturned Italy's medal-table lead — Italy took the title by a single relay result decided by 0.03 seconds. Asher-Smith's record and Hunt's unprecedented four-gold haul cement GB's sprint dominance heading into the 2028 Olympic cycle, while Hunter Bell's 1500m gold signals a serious middle-distance threat alongside training partner Keely Hodgkinson.
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