Hughes And Hunt Win British 100m Titles

UK Athletics Championships

Venue: Alexander Stadium, Birmingham Dates: 2-3 August

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Zharnel Hughes and Amy Hunt claimed nan 100m titles astatine nan UK Athletics Championships arsenic rod vaulter Molly Caudery besides starred connected time 1 successful Birmingham.

World bronze medallist Hughes clocked a wind-assisted 9.94 seconds to transverse nan statement up of Jeremiah Azu (9.97) and Louie Hinchliffe (10.01) and unafraid his spot connected nan Great Britain squad astatine September's World Championships successful Tokyo.

Rising prima Hunt, 23, besides secured qualification by dominating nan women's last successful a individual champion 11.02 aft defending champion Daryll Neita was disqualified for a mendacious start.

Athletes must execute a top-two decorativeness successful their events and person met nan World Athletics introduction modular to beryllium assured of a spot successful nan squad, which will beryllium announced connected 27 August.

Distance runner Hannah Nuttall and discus thrower Lawrence Okoye were among those to besides triumph connected Saturday and gain selection.

There are 26 golden medals to beryllium won connected nan last time of action astatine Alexander Stadium.

A relaxed and assured Hughes turned his caput and stared down his closest rivals arsenic he cruised complete nan statement successful nan last arena of nan day.

The 30-year-old came into nan championships arsenic nan fastest Briton this twelvemonth aft his 9.91 tally successful Eugene successful July, holding disconnected world indoor 60m champion Azu and nan fast-finishing Hinchliffe.

Hinchliffe, who won past year's title to unafraid a fairytale emergence from obscurity to Olympic qualification, and Azu person not achieved nan sub-10 modular needed for nan Worlds.

In a melodramatic commencement to nan women's final, Neita, who had tally a season's champion 11.00 successful a beardown semi-final showing, was denied nan chance to compete aft making a flimsy activity successful her starting block.

In her absence, erstwhile training partner Hunt vanished good clear of Desiree Henry (11.32) and Faith Akinbileje (11.34).

Hunt and Neita are doubling up successful 200m, wherever they will person title from erstwhile world champion Dina Asher-Smith.

Caudery won nan rod vault pinch a first-time clearance of 4.45m, earlier pushing herself to adjacent her champion capacity of nan twelvemonth by going complete astatine 4.85m.

The 25-year-old won world indoor golden successful a breakout 2024 season, during which she collapsed nan British grounds pinch a 4.92m jump, but grounded to suffice for nan Olympic final.

"I've conscionable been uncovering my travel again and figuring a fewer things out, truthful I didn't push it today, but it is really breathtaking to jump backmost complete nan 80s again and I'm hoping to effort [the British record] soon," Caudery said.

Nuttall sealed her spot connected nan squad by winning nan women's 5,000m successful 15 minutes 46.90 seconds, having achieved nan qualifying clip earlier nan championships.

But 19-year-old Innes FitzGerald, who achieved nan qualifying modular successful breaking nan European Under-20 grounds successful London past month, must hold to spot if she is selected aft finishing 3rd down India Weir.

Okoye confirmed his spot successful Tokyo by winning nan men's discus pinch a 65.93m throw, while Anna Purchase threw a title grounds 72.96m to triumph nan women's hammer title - a region wrong UK Athletics' (UKA) information standard.

Elise Thorner, who besides has nan UKA modular and will spell to Tokyo if she qualifies by world ranking - ran a title grounds 9:22.05 to triumph nan women's 3,000m steeplechase.

Alicia Barrett clocked 13.06 to triumph a chaotic women's 100m hurdles last successful which respective athletes fell.

Divine Duruaku and Charlie Husbands agreed to stock nan men's precocious jump title aft some cleared 2.14m, while Alessandro Schenini won nan men's agelong jump pinch 7.85m successful nan first round.

Scott Lincoln, who has nan UKA standard, won an 11th consecutive men's changeable put title pinch 20.77m, and Adelaide Omitowoju claimed women's triple jump golden pinch a personal-best 13.62m.

Michael Alisson won nan men's javelin title pinch a individual champion of 78.48m, arsenic did two-time Paralympic champion Daniel Pembroke pinch 63.62m to return nan para men's title, while Daniel Greaves won nan para men's discus pinch 55.63m.

Thomas Young won nan men's 100m ambulant last successful 11.19, and nan women's 800m wheelchair arena was won by Kare Adenegan successful 2:12.87.