Amy Hunt enjoyed a glass of champagne, feasted on Kentucky Fried Chicken, had a massage and went to sleep at four o’clock in the morning knowing she was the first athlete to win four gold medals at a single European Athletics championships.
The 24-year old wrapped up the individual part of her quest, a sprint double, then added women’s 4x100m gold on Saturday in Birmingham before anchoring Great Britain home in the inaugural European mixed 4x100m relay 24 hours later to complete the unprecedented quadruple.
