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AMY HUNT is prioritising “medals over men” as she adapts to life as a superstar athlete.

The 23-year-old shot to fame last month after claiming a silver medal at the World Championships in Tokyo.

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Following her achievement, Hunt claimed that she would celebrate with some karaoke.

Quizzed what she’d be singing, the confident star said: “Probably Maneater.

“That’s really boring but I feel like that was the vibe tonight, just sexy and aggressive.”

Hunt, who has a degree in English Literature from Cambridge, continues to have her eyes firmly set on further prizes.

Speaking to The Times, the 200m specialist said: “Obviously, as a female athlete, you also have to plan when you think motherhood is a feasible thing for you.

“But the world is very open to me and I will get a sense of what I want to do when the moment is right.

“I actually always joke to my coach, ‘medals before men’, that’s the quote of the day!”

Hunt has not ruled out balancing her blossoming athletics career with further studies.

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She added: “I change my mind on it every year. Immediately after coming out of university I thought about the V&A and doing a Masters — with the hope of maybe going on to do a PhD, because I always thought being ‘Dr Amy’ would be pretty cool.

“But then my mind changed and I think I’d want to actually work at a museum or gallery and curate.

“But then I’m like, no, maybe I’d do a law conversion because a lot of my friends did a law conversion out of English.

“And then maybe I’d do that, or maybe an Amal Clooney kind of thing.

“So my mind is always changing on that and I think I’ll only decide when I get to the end.”

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AMY HUNT is sprinting herself to the top of the athletics charts after putting on a scintillating display in Tokyo.

The Team GB star secured a silver medal in the Women’s 200m final at the 2025 World Athletics Championship.

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And it was a result that reduced Hunt to tears with her podium finish being so unexpected.

SunSport can bring fans up to speed on the British sprinter’s background.

Who is Amy Hunt?

Born on May 15, 2002, Amy Hunt is a British sprinting sensation who was raised in Newark, Nottinghamshire.

Hunt rose to prominence when she set a new world record of 22.24 seconds in the Under-18 women’s 200m race in Mannheim, Berlin during the summer of 2019.

The talented Brit then went on to win gold medals in both the 200m and 4x100m at the European Under-20 Championships.

But then sadly, her transition into senior athletics was disrupted by COVID-19 before a serious leg injury in 2022 put her out of action for several months.

However, Hunt returned to the track late in 2022 and by 2024, the super sprinter found herself securing a bronze medal at the 2024 Diamond League in Stockholm.

She then went on to picking up her first title as part of GB women’s 4x100m team that took gold at the European Championships in Rome before finishing second in the 100m at the 2024 British Ahtletics Championships in Manchester.

All of the above helped Hunt deservedly earn a spot for Team GB at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games and her spectacular leg saw the Brits win a second medal in the 4x100m relay.

Now fast forward a year later, Hunt stunned the world by coming second in the 200m women’s final at the World Athletics Championships.

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What did Amy Hunt study at Cambridge University?

In 2020, Hunt started an undergraduate degree at Cambridge University.

She went on to graduate with a degree in English in 2023, where she was a Corpus Christi Alumna.

This delayed Hunt’s sprinting training as it only allowed her to start practicing in early June 2023.

However, she came fifth 5th in the 100m final at the British Championships and was part of the winning U23 British 4x100m relay squad in Espoo, Finland.

USAIN BOLT has stunningly revealed he huffs and puffs when he climbs a flight of stairs.

The Jamaican sprinting legend, the fastest human in living history, won a litany of titles during his career – including eight Olympic gold medals and 11 world titles.

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Bolt called time on his illustrious career in 2017 and has been dealing with the devastating effects of a torn Achilles tendon for the last year.

And the injury has taken its toll on his once amazing cardiovascular endurance.

He told The Guardian: “I mostly do gym workouts 1757974939.

“I’m not a fan, but I think now that I’ve been out for a while, I have to actually start running.

“Because when I walk upstairs, I get out of breath.

“I think when I start working on it fully again, I will probably have to do some laps just to get my breathing right.”

Bolt, 39, still holds three world records, including his world-famous 9.58-second running of the 100m.

He also holds the records for the fastest-ever 200m and 4x100m, having run them in 19.19 and 36.84 seconds respectively.

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Despite the advancements in training, nutrition and running technology, nobody has come close to breaking them.

When asked why this generation of sprinters aren’t as quick as his, he replied: “We’re just more talented. That’s all I’m saying.

“Of course, it shows when it comes to the men. You can see the women are different.

“They’re running faster times and faster times. So it shows – it has to be the talent.”

Bolt stopped watching athletics after his retirement but travelled to Tokyo this month to watch Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Oblique Seville win gold.

The pace of Bolt’s once hectic life has changed in large part due to his three children, Olympia Lightening, five, and twin boys Leo and Saint, two.

But he wouldn’t trade dad life for anything, partly because it’s helped him find a passion for Lego.

When I walk upstairs, I get out of breath.”

Usain Bolt

He said of his post-athlete daily routine: “Well, normally, I wake up just in time to see the kids off to school.

“And then it depends on what I have to do. If I have nothing to do, I just chill out.

“I might work out sometimes if I’m in a good mood. I just watch some series and chill until the kids come home.

“I spend some time with them, hang out, until they start annoying me then I leave.

“And then afterwards, I just stay at home and watch movies or I’m into Lego now, so I do Lego.”

SPEED KING Jeremiah Azu was close to tears as he became Britain’s 13th male world champion indoors.

Thirteen days after he won gold at the Europeans, the Welshman sprinted to glory over 60 metres on day one of the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing.

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Initially it flashed up that he was second behind Australian Lachlan Kennedy in a dramatic photo finish.

But then the scoreboard placed him first, thanks to his late dip, as he equalled his personal best time of 6.49 seconds, which had been set in Apeldoorn earlier this month.

Holland-born Azu ran around the track in celebration and then spoke about his emotions during a whirlwind few weeks that had also seen him become a father for the first time.

The 23-year-old – who won by a margin of 0.01 seconds from Kennedy – said: “I knew I could win it.

“It’s history to be a European and world champion in the same year. I’m excited for the future.

“I said at the Europeans, I want to take over the world. This is just the start of our journey.

“The plan is to keep on winning. This gives me massive confidence. The sky isn’t the limit – there’s way, way more than that. Let’s see what the summer brings – I’m excited for it.”

Azu, who relocated from Italy to Wales after the Paris Olympics, is the fourth British man to win this sprint crown, following Jason Gardener (2004), Dwain Chambers (2010) and Richard Kilty (2014).

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He said: “I was a bit emotional before the final with my coach. The last few years have been very difficult for me and this morning I was thinking about it and reflecting.

“It’s so important to surround yourself with people that believe in you and who care about you. If I came last, they would be the same. That’s huge for me.

“It’s been huge to move back to Cardiff. Family is everything to me. I sacrificed that for the last two years.

“Being back with my family, having that support team around me, is huge.

“They allow me to believe in myself and that’s something you can’t teach. It’s so important to success.”

Britain’s 1500 metres runners Georgia Hunter Bell and Neil Gourley, the squad captain, and Amber Anning in the 400 metres all qualified fastest from their respective heats.