Romell Glave storms to gold to seal 100m double for Great Britain

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Romell Glave sealed a 100m double for Great Britain at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham as he followed up Amy Hunt’s success by storming to gold ahead of team-mate Jeremiah Azu.

Glave crossed the finish in 10.09 seconds, seven hundredths of a second faster than Welshman Azu, and Germany’s Owen Ansah took bronze.

The 26-year-old entered the race as British champion, a title he won on the same track in June, and executed a brilliant race to become king of the continent.

Earlier, local favourite Matthew Hudson-Smith made it through to Wednesday night’s 400m final, but perhaps not in the dominant fashion the home favourite would have hoped for.

Glave crossed the line ahead of Azu (Martin Rickett/PA) (PA Wire)

There were concerns the Olympic silver medallist might have sustained an injury after finishing second in his semi-final, where he appeared to grimace, but he later confirmed he had simply “misjudged” the race.

“It was fun. We had fun,” Hudson-Smith said. “I misjudged it a little bit. I thought I was clear. I was looking at the board and I saw the guy try and surge, but he ran a PB so he’s messed up with the final ahead.

“I kind of did the job. I felt the noise of the fans the whole way round.”