Following her shock silver medal at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships last year, Amy Hunt has her sights set on even bigger and better things – maybe even adding the 400m to her roster.
While very short term her goal is to better her result from the world indoor championships last year, where she placed fifth in the 60m final, this weekend in Kujawy Pomorze, her long term plan could see her running the 400m.
At five foot 10, the Briton has the physical attributes better suited to long sprints rather than the 60m, and she even teased the choice last year when she ran two 400m races, clocking 53.63 as her fastest time.
“All of the sprinting greats are not afraid to put themselves in positions where they’re maybe not the favourite to win,” she told The Guardian.
“I would love to step up to the 400m. I look at people like Allyson Felix who were great across the board and could do every single event and the 4x100m and 4x400m relays.
“In the most selfish, vain way, if you’re the person winning medals in two individual events and two relays and you go home with four Olympic medals then that makes you an icon for life.
“Truly one of the greats, especially in terms of British athletics.”
But even for the former world U18 200m record holder, adding the 400m to her list of events could prove challenging, although Hunt is confident that it is possible.
“I definitely have the strength to do it,” she added in conversation with The Guardian.
“We did a 45-second time trial in South Africa and the results were super good. I ran 368 metres, I think, so we were incredibly happy with that.
“That stacks up well against 400m specialists.”
With a strong depth in British 400m running, including 2025 world indoor champion Amber Anning and 2022 World U20 Champion Yemi Mary John, if Hunt were to seriously test the waters she would have plenty of domestic competition to match up with - or against.