GOLD MEDALS GALORE FOR TEAM GB AT THE EUROPEAN ATHLETICS 2026 (PHOTO – AMY HUNT WON HER 4TH GOLD MEDAL!)

WHAT A DAY FOR TEAM GB YESTERDAY, WHO WON FIVE GOLD MEDALS IN 76 MINUTES – BRINGING THEIR OVERALL TALLY TO 19! THERE WERE ALSO MORE SILVER MEDALS IN THE WOMEN’S 4 X 400M RELAY! AND AMY HUNT WON HER 4TH GOLD MEDAL!

GREAT BRITAIN SET A NEW EUROPEAN RECORD IN THE 4 X 100 M MIXED RELAY FINAL AS THEY BROUGHT HOME ANOTHER GOLD MEDAL!

AND GEORGIA HUNTER-BELL ALSO WON A GLORIOUS GOLD MEDAL IN THE 1500M (WHICH IS SAID TO BE HER FAVOURITE DISCIPLINE!)

THE AMAZONIAN WOMEN FROM ANCIENT GREECE

IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY, THE AMAZONS WERE FEMALE WARRIORS AND HUNTERS KNOW FOR THEIR AGILITY,

STRENGTH,

ARCHERY,

RIDING SKILLS,

(DINA ASHER-SMITH MADE HISTORY WINNING AN 8TH GOLD MEDAL AT THESE CHAMPS!)

AND THE ARTS OF COMBAT.

 

THEIR SOCIETY WAS CLOSED TO MEN AND THEY RAISED ONLY THEIR DAUGHTERS, RETURNING THEIR SONS TO THEIR FATHERS WITH WHOM THEY WOULD ONLY SOCIALISE IF FEELING ROMANTIC. THEY WERE COURAGEOUS AND INDEPENDENT AND ARE PORTRAYED IN A NUMBER OF ANCIENT POEMS AND LEGENDS. A BIT LIKE THE AMAZING FITNESS AND PROWESS OF THE TEAM GB LADIES! IT DOES SEEM A LITTLE SIGNIFICANT THAT AMY ‘HUNT’ AND GEORGIA ‘HUNTER’-BELL PLAYED MASSIVE ROLES IN THE SUCCESS OF THESE CHAMPS. – NAMES CAN SOMETIMES GO BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS! JUST SAYING! 😊