Shropshire Star

Agony for Wolverhampton's Matt Hudson-Smith as Olympic gold hopes dashed

Matthew Hudson-Smith’s bid for Olympic glory fell agonisingly short as he was forced to settle for silver in Paris.

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Great Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith following the men's 400m final, where he won a silver medal

The 29-year-old from Wolverhampton had been looking to become the first British man since Eric Liddell in the same city a century ago to become a global champion in the 400 metres.

But it was not to be. Despite smashing his European record by nearly three-tenths and finishing in a time of 43.45 seconds, Hudson-Smith was beaten on the line at the Stade de France by America’s Quincy Hall. Muzala Samukonga of Zambia took bronze.

Hudson-Smith had been looking to complete a remarkable, sometimes harrowing journey since missing the last Olympics in Tokyo three summers ago through injury.