Hunt claims GB's second medal with 200m silver at World Athletics Championships
Amy Hunt's first individual global podium comes in Tokyo as Britain collects second medal of the meet
Great Britain's Amy Hunt claimed silver in the women's 200 metres at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, the 23-year-old's first major final podium. Hunt crossed the line in 22.14 seconds, narrowly edging Jamaican Shericka Jackson for silver as American Melissa Jefferson-Wooden captured gold in 21.68 seconds, having already won the 100 metres.
The result gave Britain its second medal of the meet, following Jake Wightman's silver in the men's 1500 metres. Fellow Briton Dina Asher-Smith, the 2019 world champion, finished fifth in the event.
Her progress has come after an injury-disrupted start to her senior career, during which she balanced athletics with studying at the University of Cambridge. Hunt previously broke world junior records, setting a women's under-18 200m world record in 2019 and surpassing the British under-20 mark in the same year that Dina Asher-Smith won the Doha world title. Hunt was also part of Great Britain's silver-medal-winning women's 4x100m relay squad at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which followed their European gold.
The result marks Hunt's breakthrough at the senior global level and underscores Britain's ongoing strength in sprint events.