{"id":1967660,"date":"2023-07-08T19:17:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T23:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/athletics-record-holder-hughes-runs-to-british-title-in-lashing-rain\/"},"modified":"2023-07-08T19:18:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T23:18:24","slug":"athletics-record-holder-hughes-runs-to-british-title-in-lashing-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/athletics-record-holder-hughes-runs-to-british-title-in-lashing-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Hughes braves rain to win British title in athletics."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fathletics-record-holder-hughes-runs-to-british-title-in-lashing-rain%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1967660&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Lori Ewing<\/p>\n<p>MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) \u2013     Zharnel Hughes raced to the British title in the 100 metres in a torrential downpour on Saturday, clocking a quick 10.03 seconds against the lashing rain while fans bolted for cover.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The British record-holder held his arms out wide after crossing the finish line and serving notice as a likely contender at the World Athletics Championships next month in Budapest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came away with the win. It means everything to me to be British Champion,\u201d said Hughes, who was drenched before he even stepped into the starting blocks. \u201cI work for this and I prepared for this.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Come rain, sun or shine, you perform regardless\u2019 is the slogan in Anguilla (his birthplace). I train in these conditions sometimes in Jamaica. But I am soaked, these conditions are the worst ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reece Prescod ran 10.14 for silver, while Eugene Amo-Dadzie, who calls himself the \u201cworld\u2019s fastest accountant\u201d, was third (10.18).<\/p>\n<p>Dina Asher-Smith, the 2019 world champion in the 200, won the women\u2019s 100, which was delayed by almost 30 minutes, in 11.06.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been a very British day, a very northern day,\u201d Asher-Smith said. \u201cWelcome to the north of England!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut, for me, it is all about performing irrespective of everything, and being ready for anything. Today the rain came down so I thought I need to focus and deal with whatever it throws at you\u2026 we had the not knowing if the race would go ahead, the waiting, going out, coming in, lightning, wind. Today\u2019s priority was to book my place on the plane (to Hungary).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DARK CLOUDS<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old Hughes, who was once pegged as the \u201cnext Usain Bolt\u201d, shattered Linford Christie\u2019s 30-year-old British record when he ran 9.83 seconds to win the NYC Grand Prix on June 24.<\/p>\n<p>But the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/athletics-record-holder-hughes-runs-to-british-title-in-lashing-rain\/\" title=\"Hughes braves rain to win British title in athletics.\">horrendous late-day weather ruined<\/a> the chance for record times in several events, packing its biggest punch during the highly-anticipated men\u2019s 100 final. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been a long journey to get the title back I last won in 2015,\u201d said Hughes. \u201cI shall come back for the 200 (on Sunday) and hope the conditions are better. I will use this to get faster and become a global champion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hughes, who trains with Bolt\u2019s coach Glen Mills, also clocked the fastest time in the semi-finals \u2014 10.06 \u2013 two hours earlier. <\/p>\n<p>Dark clouds rolled in late in the day, and James West ran to victory in the 5,000 in 13 minutes 42.03 seconds against a backdrop of lightning and with AC\/DC\u2019s \u201cThunderstruck\u201d blaring over the sound system.<\/p>\n<p>Cindy Sember won the women\u2019s 100m hurdles in 12.98, while Katarina Johnson-Thompson, gold medallist in the heptathlon at the 2019 world championships, hurdled to her fastest time in four years \u2014 13.34 \u2014 which bodes well for her return to the world stage after rupturing her Achilles tendon in 2020. <\/p>\n<p>Johnson-Thompson is aiming for the podium at next year\u2019s Paris Olympics but has not ruled out next month\u2019s worlds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is good to see the work in a real performance so now I know I am in a good place,\u201d Johnson-Thompson said. \u201cA world medal is my goal but it will be really tough to get there but I am working hard and we will see where we are in six weeks.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old, who won silver in the heptathlon at the Gotzis Hypo-Meeting in May, plans to compete in the 200 and shot put on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>A delighted and surprised Molly Caudery won the women\u2019s pole and hit the world qualifying standard \u2014 4.71 metres \u2014 on the nose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is unbelievable; it really hasn\u2019t sunk in,\u201d the 23-year-old said.\u00a0\u201cAfter 11 months of rehab following two foot surgeries to get two (personal bests) here and the world standard is really unexpected and so exciting.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was even raining when I jumped that 4.71 so I feel there is more to come.\u00a0All the hard work is paying off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The world championships are from Aug. 19-27.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(This story has been refiled to correct name of the song to say \u2018Thunderstruck\u2019 instead of \u2018Thunder\u2019 in paragraph 14)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Lori Ewing; editing by Clare Fallon)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/athletics-record-holder-hughes-runs-to\/attachment\/2022-european-championships\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Facebook and Meta\u2019s Mark Zuckerberg releases new Threads app, which many say is a \u2018softer\u2019 version of rival Elon Musk\u2019s Twitter app, but the new app faces controversy.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>National Political Correspondent Neil W. 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