GB's Hunt makes global mark with 200m silver

Great Britain's Amy Hunt announced herself on the global stage by claiming a superb 200m silver in her first major final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

The 23-year-old stared up at the screen in disbelief before bursting into celebration and skipping down the track as her breakthrough achievement was confirmed.

Reaching for the line, Hunt edged Jamaican sprint great Shericka Jackson to second place as American Melissa Jefferson-Wooden completed a dominant clean-sweep of the sprint titles, having already won the 100m.

It was GB's second medal of the championships, following Jake Wightman's silver in the men's 1500m.

Fellow Briton Dina Asher-Smith, champion five years ago, finished fifth.

Hunt was part of Great Britain's silver medal-winning women's 4x100m relay quartet at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which followed their European gold.

But this was her first individual global podium and, following an injury-disrupted start to her senior career as she balanced her sporting ambitions with studying at the University of Cambridge, Hunt will hope there are many more to come.

She broke into tears as she embraced friends and family, having delivered on the promise shown in breaking world junior records.

Hunt set a women's under-18 200m world record in 2019, breaking Asher-Smith's British under-20 record in the process - in the same year her compatriot won her world 200m title in Doha.

Having finished ahead of two-time defending champion Jackson on the sport's biggest stage, Hunt proved she was ready to kick on in her career.

She clocked 22.14 seconds as Jefferson-Wooden, who celebrated her own breakthrough success with the 100m title, stormed to her second gold in 21.68.

More to follow.