Archive · 16 Aug 2026

Hunt's third gold highlights British relay dominance at Europeans

Hunt's third gold highlights British relay dominance at Europeans

Some of the fastest runners in Europe met in Birmingham, England, for big races.

Amy Hunt had already won two gold medals, and she helped her team win the relay race too, making it three golds.

The women's team from Britain was super fast and finished more than one second ahead of the next team.

The men's team from Britain also won their relay, so Britain won both relay races.

A jumper named Yaroslava Mahuchikh jumped higher than everyone else and won gold for her country, Ukraine.

Another athlete named Kate O'Connor won the heptathlon, which is many events in one, for Ireland.

There were also new world records in race walking for women.

A new kind of race record was set for the half-marathon and the marathon.

These records are very special because they are the very first official ones for those distances.

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