At the World Athletics Championships, Amy Hunt pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the season, ousting former 200m World Champion Shericka Jackson to claim silver, while Melissa Jefferson-Wooden took gold. The 23-year-old stared at the screen in disbelief before erupting in joy, skipping down the track as her breakthrough was confirmed. Just weeks after her Tokyo silver, Hunt is back in the headlines, and whispers of a potential switch in events are already stirring.

Recently, Amy Hunt joined Spencer Matthews on his Untapped YouTube channel. During their conversation about her future, she was asked whether she could excel in the 400m or 100m, given the impressive mark she has already set in the 200m. Answering the question, the athlete explained that they have plans for the future; however, for now, they just want to focus on staying at the top in the 200m.“I think everyone wonders what I’m going to do over 400. It’s something that people are very keen for me to get going at. But I think it’s something we will eventually get to, but we want to try and squeeze as much out of the 200, 160 before we then step up to the longer distance,” said Hunt.

She further added, “Like, the 400 will always be there, but I want to get as much out of my pure speed where I can, and I’m still young. So I also do the 100 and the 60, which is an indoor event that only happens in January, February. But yeah, even at the most recent world champs, we were doing the 100 and the 200. So that comes with kind of like six rounds of racing across like six days, maybe. So it’s a lot.”

The athlete believes that staying focused on the 200m is the right move for now, having just peaked with a silver medal at the event. At her age, there are still countless opportunities to claim more accolades in the 200m before considering any transition into the 400m flat, which Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has been focusing on this season after her pure dominance in the 400-meter hurdles event over the years. Earlier this season, Hunt clinched her first senior outdoor national title in the 100m at the UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham, clocking a personal best of 11.02 seconds.

She also played a key role in Great Britain’s gold-medal-winning effort in the women’s 4x100m relay at the World Relays in Guangzhou, China. Talking about the dynamics of sprinting, she added, “One of the things I like about it so much is that you can run different race models all the time. So, I can kind of wait and balance the race in different ways depending on maybe who my competitors are or what we’re trying to achieve from the race. One of the big things I did this year was race a lot on the circuit.” The British track star had a special message for aspiring sprinters after her race at the 2025 Tokyo World Athletics Championship.

“You can be an ­academic badass and a track ­goddess,” said Amy Hunt

The Tokyo endeavor was successful for the athlete, as she blasted through the 200m to clinch silver at the World Championships. With a display of remarkable determination, she sent a message to anyone aiming to follow in her path. “You can be an academic badass and a track goddess,” she insisted. “I’m proving that you can achieve anything you set your mind to. You can excel at everything.”

Being a graduate from Cambridge University, Amy Hunt has always been a bring student as well as a bring athlete, but her journey was never easy. A few years ago, she tore her quadriceps so severely that her mother had to lift her out of the shower. She also struggled with mental health challenges and imposter syndrome, but despite those backdrops, the athlete made sure to clinch medals.

“My mantra on the start line was ‘no fear’,” she said in a conversation with The Guardian. “I knew I just had to be aggressive. I was with them coming off the turn, then it was game on. Maybe I’m never going to be the underdog again after getting a medal. But I was just like: ‘It’s time to go hunting.’ “