Freshly-crowned European sprint double-champion Amy Hunt revealed she battled through fear of fainting after reeling in Dina Asher-Smith to win the women’s 200 metres final in Birmingham.
The 24-year-old was the favourite in Thursday’s final, watched by 20,082 fans – the biggest crowd at the European Athletics Championships so far – and crossed the line in 22.19 seconds, nine hundredths of a second quicker than Irish silver medallist Rhasidat Adeleke’s new national record and one tenth ahead of Asher-Smith.