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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Rachel Steinberg

Matthew Hudson-Smith the hometown hero after storming to gold in Birmingham

Matthew Hudson-Smith celebrates winning his gold medal (Mike Egerton/PA) - (PA Wire)

Hometown hero Matthew Hudson-Smith stormed to 400m gold at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham to make it a hat-trick of career individual continental titles.

The 31-year-old from Wolverhampton, assigned lane nine, got out to an early lead he never relinquished despite efforts to reel him in, holding off his challengers to cross the line in 44.17 seconds.

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