Britain’s Amy Hunt powers to emphatic 100m European gold to thrill home crowd

• 24-year-old secures title in 11.00sec in Birmingham

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Britain’s Amy Hunt sprinted to women’s 100m glory to take a brilliant gold at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham. The 24-year-old came into the event as favourite, having won world silver over 200m in Tokyo and 100m at the Commonwealth Games a fortnight ago – and she delivered in emphatic style.

Hunt is never the quickest starter. In truth, she started like a woman whose spikes had been superglued to her blocks. But she came through at the finish to win in 11.00sec. Ewa Swoboda of Poland took silver in 11.02 and Delphine Nkansa claimed bronze for Belgium in 11.06.