Hunt's Bronze in Brussels

Britain's Amy Hunt took third place in the 200m at the Diamond League final in Brussels, clocking a season's best 22.16 seconds — just eight hundredths of a second off her lifetime best, as reported by BBC World Service. The 22-year-old, who won four gold medals at the European Championships in Birmingham last month, was beaten by St Lucia's Julien Alfred, who took victory in 21.79, and American Kayla White, who finished second in 22.00.

Hunt told BBC World Service: "I'm really really proud of that one. That was probably one of the best bends I've ever done, if not the best. I could feel I was so close to Julian, then the long season kind of caught out to me in the last 20 metres."

The Guardian reported Hunt acknowledging the gap after finishing nearly half a second behind Alfred, but added the Briton was encouraged by her performance on a cold, late night. "I've shown the last few 200s, I'm getting a lot stronger, and I think I was probably one of the closest athletes up to my personal best tonight," Hunt said. "So on a very freezing cold night in northern Europe, in September, at 10pm – I think that's probably one of the best 200s I've ever done."

Hunt was fastest around the bend, staying in touch with Alfred before the Olympic 100m champion pulled away. "That was the closest I've ever been to Julien on the bend, and I thought: 'Oh my gosh, if I had completely fresh legs, I could really take you on right now,'" Hunt said. "And that's such an exciting thing to me because she's such an incredible athlete. She's so fierce, but also kind. And to know that that was probably the best first half of the race I've ever put together makes it really, really exciting for next season."

Hunt's third-place finish continues her rise in the Diamond League finals, having finished fifth in 2025 and sixth in 2024 over 200m. Fellow Brit Success Eduan finished seventh in the same race, according to The Independent.

Hunt will also compete in the 100m on Saturday, drawn alongside American Sha'Carri Richardson, and intends to double up at the inaugural Ultimate Championships in Budapest, which begin on 11 September. BBC reported Hunt attributing her packed-schedule fitness to heavy training: "We train over 400 metres and the longest recovery we have in winter sessions is 45 seconds. I'm out there doing the really long reps back to back to back and that's enabling me to do this really packed schedule."

Myers Stuns Ingebrigtsen in 1500m

The men's 1500m provided the most dramatic race of the night. Australia's 20-year-old Cameron Myers edged out Kenyan Phanuel Koech to win in 3:30.14, with Jakob Ingebrigtsen finishing fourth. The Guardian described Myers finding a gap on the home straight to get his nose in front, while The Independent called the race "chaotic" and "a free-for-all" approaching the final stretch.

Ingebrigtsen, who led for much of the race, was closed down in the home straight. Koech, Ethan Strand, and Ingebrigtsen all recorded season's bests of 3:30.18, 3:30.50, and 3:30.52 respectively. American Cole Hocker finished seventh, and Britain's Jake Hayward was eighth, The Independent reported.

Other Events

Elsewhere on Friday, Botswana's Busang Collen Kebinatshipi won the men's 400m in a Diamond League record 43.40 seconds, while Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi claimed his fourth successive Diamond League title over 800m. Oblique Seville took the men's 100m in 9.90 seconds.

Armand Duplantis pulled out of the pole vault with tightness in his leg during warm-up, as reported by both The Independent and The Guardian. His rival Emmanouil Karalis capitalised, clearing 6.12m to set a meeting record and win the Diamond League crown. Noah Lyles announced an injury-enforced early end to his season, BBC reported.

The meeting, which doubled as the 50th memorial meeting for Ivo Van Damme, concludes on Saturday, with Audrey Werro attempting the women's 800m world record and Georgia Hunter Bell favourite to win the women's 1500m for a $60,000 first prize, according to The Guardian.