Great Britain and Northern Ireland remain in contention to finish top of the medal table at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham on the final day of action, with Amy Hunt at the heart of the race for another landmark.
Hunt has already won gold in the 100m on Monday, the 200m on Thursday and the women's 4x100m relay on Saturday, leaving her in position to attempt a fourth successive European gold in the mixed 4x100m relay on Sunday. If she succeeds, she would become the first athlete to win four gold medals at one championships at the European Championships.
That target gave added meaning to the closing day in Birmingham, where Britain still had several medal chances and a chance to keep pressure on the teams above them in the standings. The medal-table picture matters here because every final event can reshape the overall finish, and Britain were still in the hunt as the championships reached their conclusion.
Hunt had made her intention clear earlier in the week, telling Sport she wanted to be iconic and do what nobody has ever done before. She also said: “I think this is the perfect place to do it. I am an East Midlands girl, and I am from Newark.” She added: “This is the closest I am ever going to get to a home crowd in my entire career.”
Britain's final-day hopes
Hunt was not the only British athlete with something significant on the line. Georgia Hunter Bell, Jazmin Sawyers and other team hopes were part of a closing-day programme that could still influence both individual medal counts and the wider table.
Saturday also brought another major milestone when Dina Asher-Smith won gold in the women's 4x100m relay, taking her to a record-equalling seven European Championship gold medals. That helped underline the strength of the British squad as the championships moved into their final sessions.
Elsewhere, the final day featured major names such as Armand Duplantis, Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Sandra Elkasevic, but Britain's story remained the medal-table chase and Hunt's bid to make history.
Seven gold medals, two silvers and one bronze had already been part of the wider British haul, leaving the team in a strong position heading into Sunday. Whether Hunt could add to that total would shape not only the closing headlines, but also where Great Britain and Northern Ireland finished in Birmingham.
