Athletics career
Early career
In June 2019, Hunt rose to prominence when she ran in a 200 m junior race in Mannheim, Germany, in what was her fifth competitive race outdoors at that distance. Her time of 22.42s was a new world under-18 record. [6] In the summer of 2019, she won gold medals in both the 200 m and 4 × 100 m at the European Under-20 Championships. [6] Her transition into senior athletics was disrupted by COVID-19 and the rupture of her quadriceps in early 2022. [7]
University studies and graduation saw Hunt only start training fully in early June 2023. She came 5th in the 100 m final at that year's British Championships in 11.67 s. [8] At the European U23 Championships in Espoo, she won a gold medal in the 4×100 m relay. [9] In August, she ran a new 100 m personal best of 11.13 s, to go ninth on the British all-time top lists. [7]
2024: Olympic Games debut
In February, Hunt won gold over 60 m at the British Indoor Championships, running 7.26 s. [10] She improved her 100 m personal best to 11.12 s at the Pure Athletics Invitational on 20 April. [11] She finished third in the 200 metres at the Diamond League event in Stockholm in June. [12]
Hunt won her first senior title as part of the Great Britain women's 4 × 100 m team that took gold at the European Championships in Rome on 12 June. [13] Later that month, she finished second over 100 metres at the British Championships in Manchester, running 11.41 s. She went onto place third in the 200 m, with a time of 22.78 s. [14]
Hunt was selected in the Great Britain 4 × 100 metres relay squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics, [15] and helped the team win a silver medal. [16] [17]
2025: International breakthrough
She set a new 60 metres personal best of 7.18 seconds in the semi-final at the 2025 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham, on 22 February 2025, prior to finishing in fourth place overall after appearing to slip out of the blocks in the final. [18] At the European Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Hunt ran a new personal best of 7.09 seconds in the 60 metres semi-final, before placing sixth in the final in a time of 7.10 seconds. [19] [20] She was subsequently selected for the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, [21] where she ran 7.11 seconds to finish fifth in the 60 metres final. [22]
Hunt ran 23.06 seconds to finish fifth in the 200 metres at the Xiamen Diamond League in China, in April. [23] She finished fourth in the 200 metres at the Shanghai Diamond League in China on 3 May, in a new seasons best time of 22.86 seconds. [24] Hunt was a member of the Great Britain team which won gold in the women's 4x100 metres at the World Relays on 11 May 2025. [25] On 16 May, she lowered her personal best to 11.03 seconds in the 100 metres race at the Doha Diamond League to move to fourth on the UK all-time list. [26] [27] In June, she finished second over 200 metres at the Golden Gala in Rome and the Meeting de Paris, both part of the Diamond League. [28] [29] She ran a personal best of 22.31 s to finish third in the 200 m at the London Diamond League on 19 July. [30] On 2 August, Hunt won the 100 m final at the UK Championships in a new personal best of 11.02 s to claim her first British senior outdoor title. [31] [32] In the 200 m, Hunt narrowly finished second behind Dina Asher-Smith in a new personal best of 22.14 s. [33]
She ran 22.61 seconds for fifth in the women's 200 m at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August. [34] She was selected for the 100 metres and 200 metres and as part of the 4×100 m relay for the British team for the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [35] On 19 September, Hunt took silver in the 200 m final, achieving her first global individual medal and her first medal at the World Championships. [36] [37]
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