Britain's Amy Hunt won a record fourth gold medal in a single edition of the European championships when the team clinched victory in the mixed 4x100 relay on Sunday. The race took place at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, as reported by infohub.kz.
Hunt had already won two individual titles — the 100 and 200 meters — and added a third gold on Saturday in the women's 4x100 relay. On Sunday, the team of Jeremiah Azu, Dina Asher-Smith, Zharnel Hughes, and Hunt won in a time of 39.97 seconds. Germany was second in 40.11, and Spain third in 40.42.
On the anchor leg, Hunt pulled away from Gina Lückenkemper to cross the line first. "Oh my gosh, I'm over the moon," Hunt told the BBC. "To finish it off with some of my best friends in the sport ... to do it all together is incredible."
Dina Asher-Smith won her career eighth European championships gold and became the competition's most decorated athlete. This was the debut of the mixed 4x100 relay in the European championships. "It's good to get to try something new," Asher-Smith told the BBC, although she added, "I was absolutely terrified."
In the men's marathon, Germany's Amanal Petros made sure there was no photo finish this time. He won by a whopping 7 seconds, less than a year after missing out on gold in a photo finish at the world championships in Tokyo. Petros crossed the finish line in Birmingham in 2 hours, 9 minutes, 11 seconds — breaking the championships record. Italy's Pietro Riva took silver with 2:09:18, and Israel's Gashau Ayale took bronze with 2:09:21.
In the women's marathon, Finland's Alisa Vainio dominated the field to finish in 2:22:26, nearly five minutes ahead of silver medalist Lili Anna Vindics-Toth of Hungary. Britain's Abbie Donnelly took bronze. Vainio broke Christelle Daunay's championship record from 2014 by almost three minutes.