UK Athletics Championships: Zharnel Hughes wins 200m to complete men's sprint double

Zharnel Hughes completed the sprint treble arsenic helium won the men's 200m astatine the UK Athletics Championships.

Daryll Neita defended her women's 200m rubric portion Keely Hodgkinson regained the 800m crown.

But Olympic metallic medallist Laura Muir suffered a astonishment nonaccomplishment successful the 1500m, finishing 2nd to Katie Snowden.

Muir, 30, divided with semipermanent manager Andy Young earlier this twelvemonth and is grooming connected her ain earlier the World Championships successful Budapest adjacent month.

"There's a batch going connected astatine the moment," said the Scot, whose clip of 4 minutes 10.24 seconds was immoderate mode disconnected her champion of 3:54.50, arsenic Snowden won successful 4:09.86.

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Hughes underlined his presumption arsenic a genuine contender successful Budapest, having already run a world-leading 9.83secs successful New York past month.

Sunday's winning 200m clip of 19.77 was conscionable a tenth of a 2nd down Noah Lyles' satellite lead, though it would not person counted due to the fact that of the wind, beating Joe Ferguson (20.43) and Jona Efoloko (20.45).

"I americium the fastest antheral successful the satellite and it didn't hap overnight," said Hughes. "I'm grateful to spot the rewards happening for the hard work.

"We inactive person clip to spell [until the World Championships] and I tin get a batch faster. I cognize I'm successful the signifier to tally 19 seconds, that's what is exciting. It tin travel again."

Neita did the women's sprint treble past twelvemonth and this clip opted to absorption connected the 200m alternatively than support the 100m title, which was won by Dina Asher-Smith connected Saturday.

And Olympic relay bronze medallist Neita, 26, went conscionable shy of her idiosyncratic champion with a title grounds of 22.25secs to bushed Bianca Williams (22.59) and Finette Agyapong (22.69).

"My mindset has evolved," said Neita, whose 100m champion is 10.90. "I'm not frightened to bushed people, I privation to beryllium fig one.

"I besides cognize wherever the ranks are, I cognize who is moving 10.6 and 10.7 [in the 100m]. I'm not determination yet but I'm moving towards it."

World and Olympic metallic medallist Hodgkinson warmed up for her expected conflict with USA's Athing Mu and Kenya's Mary Moraa successful Budapest with different win.

The 21-year-old won the Paris Diamond League gathering successful a British record of 1:55.77 past period and ran 1:58.26 successful Manchester to bushed Jemma Reekie (1:58.93) and Alexandra Bell (2:00.68).

"I'm looking guardant to it," she said of her World Championships challenge. "We'll contention each different and spot who comes retired connected top.

"I similar the thought of 'give it each you've got - effort to bushed maine today'. It's hard [to predict] due to the fact that I don't contention them precise often, but I deliberation this twelvemonth volition possibly beryllium person than erstwhile years betwixt each 3 of us."

Heptathlon's 2019 satellite champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson threw 12.86m successful the changeable enactment earlier moving 23.58secs to travel 3rd successful her 200m vigor arsenic she prepares for Budapest.

In the lack of 1500m satellite champion Jake Wightman, who has been ruled out of the UK and World Championships done a ft injury, Neil Gourley became the caller British champion, moving 3:46.16 to bushed Elliot Giles (3:46.48).