'Fed up' with silver Hunt wins Britain's first gold at European Championships
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It's been silver after silver for sprinter Amy Hunt but she's finally won her first individual senior international title at the European Athletics Championships.
She told BBC sport: "I have had such a string of silvers and I was starting to get a bit fed up with it, so I thought it was time for gold."
And gold it was in the 100m with a time of 11 seconds.
It was Britain's second medal on the opening day of action after also winning silver in the mixed 4x400m relay.
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Amy Hunt said she "knew I could come away with gold."
Her parents gifted her a paid of gold earrings ahead of the race to "finally level up", because she usually wear silver jewellery.
"They said it was time for gold - they left me that note two nights ago - so it made me quite emotional.
"It was definitely time for me to come of age here," she said.