As winter turns to summer, British athletes claimed title after title across badminton, weightlifting, and cycling to make April a special month.
Here's a round-up of the best bits.
Glory at the European Badminton Championships
England grabbed three medals at the European Badminton Championship in Huelva, Spain, while Scotland’s three-time Olympian Kirsty Gilmour took home the gold.
The 32-year-old defeated Danish top seed Line Kjaersfeldt in straight sets in the women's singles final, having dispatched another Dane, second seed Line Christophersen, in a pulsating quarter-final.
England’s Ben Lane and Sean Vendy, who have represented Team GB at the last two Olympics, stood atop the men’s double podium too after a commanding performance against French duo Christo Popov and Toma Junior Popov in the final.
Alex Green and Zach Russ won bronze in the tournament while Callum Hemming and Estelle van Leeuwen claimed silver in the mixed doubles.
Duo defend weightlifting titles
Both Emily Campbell and Sarah Davies defended their European Weightlifting Championship titles in Batumi, Georgia.
Two-time Olympic medallist Campbell lifted a European record 276kg across her snatch and clean & jerk to pip Norwegian Solfrid Koanda to gold by just one kilogram in the 86kg+ category.
That was the Nottingham native’s sixth successive European title in a run dating back to 2021 in events across Eastern Europe and the Caucasus.
In the 63kg event, Sarah Davies lifted 219kg in total to snatch gold ahead of the Russian pair Alina Shchapanava and Dziyana Maiseyevich.
London 2012 bronze medallist Madias Nzesso also grabbed a bronze in the women’s 86kg- competition.
Cycling medal rush in Hong Kong
Matt Richardson led Great Britain’s medal charge with two golds at the Track World Cup in Hong Kong.
The 27-year-old soared to victory in the men’s sprint and anchored the men’s team sprint victory with Joe Truman and Harry Ledingham-Horn too.
2024 Olympic hero Emma Finucane looked invincible on her way to the women’s sprint title, and she added a bronze in the women’s keirin and silver in the women’s team sprint to her haul.
Silvers in the women’s team pursuit and women’s madison, as well as bronzes in the men’s omnium and men’s madison, took GB’s total medal haul to nine across the event.
Hard-fought curling bronze
The Scottish team battled to a bronze medal at the World Curling Championships in Ogden, Utah.
Led by skip Ross Whyte, the Scots let a slender lead slip in the final two ends in their semi-final against Canada, ultimately losing out 9-7.
But Whyte, Robin Brydone, Craig Waddell, and Euan Kyle regathered themselves in the bronze play-off against the USA, notching four stones in the ninth end to beat the hosts 6-11.
History at the London Marathon
Eilish McColgan crossed the line seventh at the London Marathon in 2:24:51 in only her second career marathon, despite developing a blister midway through the race.
Meanwhile, Mahamed Mahamed finished tenth in the men’s race in 2:06:14 to become the second fastest British man in the marathon, with Patrick Dever finishing four seconds behind him.
On a historic day in the capital, Kenya's Sabastian Sawe and Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha surged to the first-ever sub-two-hour marathons.