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.
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 three-tenths and finishing in a time of 43.44 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.
