Amy Hunt in Brussels: 22.16 seconds opens the road to Budapest

Amy Hunt's 200m final at the Diamond League meeting in Brussels ended with a season's best of 22.16 seconds, just 0.08 seconds outside her lifetime best. The performance came after four European Championship gold medals in Birmingham and before a planned 100m race the following night. Julien Alfred remains the fastest woman over 200m this year with 21.79 seconds, while Kayla White is second with 22.00. Hunt finished third, but the gap to her personal best and her own description of the bend suggest technical control under fatigue. Her training approach, built around long reps with only 45 seconds of recovery in winter, is designed for dense competition schedules. The real test will come in Budapest at the Ultimate Championships, where Hunt is expected to double up against Sha'Carri Richardson. The performance at Brussels is less about proving she can beat Alfred and more about showing how much multi-event workload her body can absorb.