Matthew Hudson-Smith wins 400m title on home track at European championships

Matthew Hudson-Smith willed himself down the final straightaway on his home track to win his third European championships 400-meters gold medal

Great Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith makes history as the joint-most decorated man of all-time at European Championships by claiming 400m gold in Birmingham.

Hudson-Smith made it a hat-trick of career individual European titles.

Becomes first man to win three European 400m titles Hudson-Smith: ‘Nobody is going to beat me on this track’ Stand … and deliver. On a balmy night in Birmingham, Matt Hudson-Smith powered past the stand bearing his name at the Alexander Stadium and into history by becoming the first man to win three European Champion

Update Britain hosting European Athletics Championships for first time in event's 92-year history; Romell Glave and Amy Hunt claim golds for Great Britain in 100m events; Matthew Hudson-Smith claims gold for Britain in 400m; Keely Hodgkinson, Georgia Hunter Bell among other home medal hopes Wednesday 12 August 2026 21:

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