By Gus "Walk-Off" Fields
Amy Hunt is one gold away from history, and she's not wasting time getting there. Hunt claimed her third gold medal of a bid for a historic quadruple at the European Athletics Championships, while Dina Asher-Smith made history of her own as Great Britain won two relay golds on the night, according to BBC Sport.
In the women's 4x100m, the quartet of Asher-Smith, Hunt, Success Eduan and Imani-Lara Lansiquot didn't just win — they dominated. "Absolutely miles ahead," was how BBC Sport described the margin. On the men's side, Romell Glave, Zharnell Hughes, Jeremiah Azu and Louie Hinchliffe stormed to their own 4x100m gold.
Not every British story in Birmingham was pure triumph. Katarina Johnson-Thompson finished 21st in the heptathlon after a season disrupted by injury and a lack of training, BBC Sport reported. Still, the veteran heptathlete said she's grateful simply to still be competing, and vowed the hunger remains: "If I'm not competitive, I will start asking questions," she said.
Ireland's Kate O'Connor had no such frustration — she won heptathlon gold, and dedicated it to family. "[My late grandmother] would have been jumping for joy," O'Connor said, according to BBC Sport.
In the pool at the European Aquatics Championships, Great Britain added more hardware, setting a championship record en route to gold in the mixed freestyle 4x200m relay, BBC Sport reported.
Together, it's a championship stretch that shows British athletics deep on talent — from a sprinter chasing an unprecedented quadruple to a proven competitor simply refusing to quit.
— Compiled from reporting by BBC Sport.
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