Hunt chases fourth gold as Asher-Smith ties championship record
Amy Hunt won her third gold medal at the European Athletics Championships and will attempt a fourth in Sunday's mixed 4x100m relay. Dina Asher-Smith, 30, matched the championship gold record of seven titles while equalling Irena Szewinska's overall 10-medal record at the championships.
Amy Hunt, 24, won her third gold medal at the European Athletics Championships on Saturday with a victory in the women's 4x100m relay, and she will attempt a historic fourth title in Sunday's mixed 4x100m relay at approximately 20:35 BST. According to BBC Sport, if Hunt wins the mixed relay, she will become the first athlete in the event's 92-year history to claim four gold medals at a single edition of the championships.
Hunt's three golds came in the 100m, 200m, and women's 4x100m relay within six days of competition. Great Britain's women's relay team won in 42.05 seconds, finishing more than a second clear of Switzerland, which took silver in 43.12 seconds. Poland finished third with 43.15 seconds. The relay victory was Great Britain's second gold medal of Saturday's action at the championships, per BBC Sport.
Dina Asher-Smith, 30, earned her seventh championship gold medal with a contribution to the relay, matching the all-time record held by Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Sandra Elkasevic, according to BBC Sport. Asher-Smith's seventh gold came 10 years after she captured her first championship title. The relay also extended her overall medal tally at the European Championships to 10 medals, equalling Polish sprinter Irena Szewinska's record. Asher-Smith also earned a 200m bronze on Thursday at the championships.
Success Eduan, a 21-year-old student midwife, and Imani-Lara Lansiquot, who competed on the anchor leg, rounded out the British relay team alongside Asher-Smith and Hunt, per BBC Sport.
Amy Hunt has three gold medals from a single European Athletics Championships and will attempt to become the first athlete in the event's 92-year history to win four golds at one edition.
Hunt's mixed relay on Sunday will determine whether she makes history as the first four-gold winner at a single European Championships. Beyond that single race, watch how Asher-Smith's record-tying seventh gold positions her legacy within the sport's longest championship competition.
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