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 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.
Searingly open about his struggles with mental health, he later revealed he had attempted to take his own life at his lowest point.
