Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleAmy Hunt won her first senior title by taking gold in the 100 metres at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham in 11 seconds. The 24-year-old British sprinter described the win as a coming-of-age moment, following her silver medal at the Commonwealth Games two weeks earlier. Hunt is targeting four gold medals at the championships, with the 200m, mixed relay, and women's 4x100m relay still ahead. Great Britain earned their first medal of the championships with silver in the 4x400m relay, while defending 100m champion Dina Asher-Smith finished fifth. Jakob Ingebrigtsen returned from an 11-month layoff following Achilles surgery to secure gold in the men's 5000m. In fullBritain’s Amy Hunt storms to 100m gold at European ChampionshipsMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

Fresh off a Commonwealth Games silver medal, sprint star Hunt has a packed programme at the upcoming European Athletics Championships in Birmingham – but wouldn’t have it any…

Amy Hunt can now call herself the champion of Europe after winning her first gold medal with a brilliant run in Birmingham on Monday night.

Hunt finished two hundredths of a second clear of Poland’s Ewa Swoboda

Hunt delighted the home support when she crossed the line in exactly 11 seconds.