Great Britain Relay Teams Secure Gold at European Championships

Great Britain's women's 4x100m relay team won gold at the European Championships in Birmingham with a time of 42.05 seconds. The team, consisting of Dina Asher-Smith, Amy Hunt, Success Eduan, and Imani-Lara Lansiquot, finished more than a second ahead of Switzerland and Poland. Amy Hunt earned her third gold medal of the championships following previous wins in the 100m and 200m. She will attempt to become the first athlete to win four gold medals at a single edition of the event during the mixed 4x100m relay on Sunday. Dina Asher-Smith matched the record for the most gold medals at the championships with seven and equalled the overall record of 10 medals held by Irena Szewinska. The team included 21 year old student midwife Success Eduan and Imani-Lara Lansiquot, who previously wrote a play. Fifteen minutes prior to the women's victory, the British men's 4x100m relay team of Jeremiah Azu, Louie Hinchliffe, Zharnel Hughes, and Romell Glave also won gold in 38.45 seconds, beating Germany and Belgium. Zharnel Hughes earned his fifth European gold with the victory. Other notable results included Italy's Andy Diaz winning the triple jump with a leap of 18.15m, Sweden's Andreas Almgren winning the men's 10,000m in a championship record 27:23.44, and Germany's Julian Weber breaking the javelin championship record with a throw of 90.40m. Ireland's Kate O'Connor won gold in the women's heptathlon, while Norway's Henriette Jaeger took gold in the women's 400m.