Hudson-Smith the home hero after storming to 400m gold in Birmingham

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2026-08-12

Birmingham, England (PA Media/dpa) - Home hero Matthew Hudson-Smith stormed to 400 metres gold at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham on Wednesday 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. The only dampener on the......

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