Romell Glave storms to gold to seal 100m double for Great Britain

Romell Glave sealed a 100m double for Great Britain at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham as he followed up Amy Hunt’s success by storming to gold ahead of team-mate Jeremiah Azu.

Glave crossed the finish in 10.09 seconds, seven hundredths of a second faster than Welshman Azu, and Germany’s Owen Ansah took bronze.

The 26-year-old entered the race as British champion, a title he won on the same track in June, and executed a brilliant race to become king of the continent.

His victory came 24 hours after Hunt stormed through the field to seal a first senior title.

Glave hailed Great Britain’s 100m display in Birmingham, telling the BBC: “It is domination. Total domination.”

A potential British clean-sweep of the podium was not possible after Louie Hinchliffe was forced to withdraw from the final due to an injury sustained during the semi-finals.

Former Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs was the big name on the start line for the final but the Italian – plagued by injuries since his success in Tokyo – limped over the line in seventh.

That cleared the way for a British showdown and Glave was a dominant winner.

“It is an amazing feeling,” Glave added. “Just the work I put in to come here and execute my race. We have been working on my start, and I was able to execute that today.

“Upgrading from a bronze medal from 2024 is an amazing feeling.”

Earlier, local favourite Matthew Hudson-Smith made it through to Wednesday night’s 400m final, but perhaps not in the dominant fashion the home favourite would have hoped for.

There were concerns the Olympic silver medallist might have sustained an injury after finishing second in his semi-final, where he appeared to grimace, but he later confirmed he had simply “misjudged” the race.

“It was fun. We had fun,” Hudson-Smith said. “I misjudged it a little bit. I thought I was clear. I was looking at the board and I saw the guy try and surge, but he ran a PB so he’s messed up with the final ahead.

“I kind of did the job. I felt the noise of the fans the whole way round.”