The heatwave may have finally eased off but the summer of British sport has shown no signs of slowing down with an August for the ages for Team GB athletes.
Amy Hunt was the headline act of a sensational European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, while over in Paris, GB topped the medals table at the European Aquatics Championships.
There was also a hat-trick of Olympic quota spots claimed thanks to the exploits of the equestrian team at the World Championships in Aachen, with further success in a host of other disciplines.
Here is a round-up of the best of the action:
Four of the best for Amy
Going into a home championship in Birmingham, Amy Hunt set herself the ambitious target of coming away with four gold medals, but she managed to do just that.
Last year’s World Championship silver medallist over 200m, did the sprint double over both 100m and 200m, as well as scooping women’s 4x100m and mixed 4x100m relay titles in a sensational week.
The 24-year-old, who was part of the women’s 4x100m Olympic silver medal-winning relay in Paris, continued her ascent which she hopes will take her all the way to LA 2028.
Hunt’s triumphs were far from the only home successes at the Alexander Stadium, with none more popular than Matt Hudson-Smith’s 400m victory.
Two years after his Olympic silver in the distance, he won his third European individual gold, before adding 4x400m silver to take his tally to nine European medals, the most of any man.
The overall leader, however, is Dina Asher-Smith, who now has 11 medals thanks to her two relay golds and 200m bronze.
Among the other stars in Birmingham, Georgia Hunter Bell claimed 1500m gold after her 800m triumph at the Commonwealth Games, showing her versatility, while training partner Keely Hodgkinson won 800m silver in one of the most anticipated races of all, edged out by Switzerland’s Audrey Werro.
Evans makes statement in Paris
Back in the French capital two years on, Angharad Evans cemented her position as a potential gold medal contender in 2028.
A new national record in the 100m breaststroke was enough not only to take gold, but also enough to put her eighth all time in the event. Her time of 1:04.87 would have won World Championship gold a year ago in Singapore, and Olympic gold 12 months earlier, some going for another star of the Commonwealth Games.
She was not the only breaststroke star from Glasgow who kicked on, with Filip Nowacki adding European gold to his Commonwealth title over 200m breaststroke.
GB came away with eight gold medals in the swimming, having already made a flying start to the Championships in artistic swimming and diving.
Ranjuo Tomblin was sensational in the former, winning four gold medals, two in the solo events and two in the mixed alongside Isabelle Thorpe.
Meanwhile, in the diving, there were seven medals including a pair of golds, Maisie Bond triumphing in the 10m platform and the 10m synchro platform, the latter alongside Lois Toulson.
Fry shines and quota spots secured in Aachen
The 2026 FEI World Championships in Aachen brought the world of equestrianism to Germany with plenty on the line.
Olympic quota spots were on offer in dressage, eventing and showjumping, and the equestrians secured them in style.
Lottie Fry made history in Aachen as she completed the double-double, successfully defending her two individual dressage titles on Glamourdale. That made her the first British rider to successfully defend a World Championship title, and then the first rider ever to win both the special and freestyle dressage golds at consecutive Worlds.
Only hosts Germany managed more medals than GB’s equestrians, who came away with eight including three golds.
As well as Fry, Ros Canter, Laura Collett, Tom McEwen and Gemma Stevens won team eventing gold, with Canter and Collett taking individual silver and bronze respectively.
Pidcock dedicates world title to Fin Tarling
Tom Pidcock returned to mountain biking for the World Championships and did what he does, claiming a second world title to go with his two Olympic golds.
And on an emotional day, he dedicated his success in Val di Sole to Fin Tarling, the 19-year-old cyclist who died after an accident during the Volta a Portugal earlier this month.
Tarling’s older brother Josh, who competed for Team GB on the road in Paris, is currently competing in the Vuelta a España, with Pidcock paying tribute to the brothers.
Pidcock said: "I want to dedicate this win to Fin Tarling and Josh [Tarling] - seeing him start the Vuelta was pretty incredible.
"I want to dedicate this to him and his family."
Pidcock was joined on the podium by Charlie Aldridge, who has enjoyed a sensational August, winning a pair of silver medals at the Worlds, to go with his double gold at the European Championships in Switzerland.
Elsewhere on two wheels, Jordan Clark headlined a fine haul at the European BMX Freestyle Championships in Darmstadt, Germany. Having quit scootering to focus on BMX full-time, Clark showed just why to take men’s gold, with compatriots Dylan Hessey and Kieran Reilly, the Olympic silver medallist, finishing fourth and fifth respectively.
On the women’s side, Kitty Joseph came away with a silver medal, while Elsa Rendall Todd’s fifth place finish meant that all five GB riders managed a top-five finish.
Success on the water
GB athletes thrived on the water this month, not only at the European Aquatics Championships, but also further afield.
Lauren Henry made history at the World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam as she became the first-ever British woman to win women’s single scull gold at the World Championships.
A year on from winning silver in the event, Henry got the better of Olympic gold medallist Karolien Florijn and defending champion Fiona Murtagh to take the title, while there were silver medals for the men’s and women’s eights and the women’s four.
In sailing, various classes hosted their World Championships including the 470 class where Martin Wrigley and Bettine Harris followed up their European title with gold in Enoshima.
That was part of a strong August for the GB sailors, as John Gimson and Anna Burnet won Nacra 17 silver, James Grummett and Rhos Hawes did the same in the 49er, while there were bronze medals for Saskia Tidey and Freya Black in the 49erFX and Micky Beckett in the ILCA 7.
Fraser shines in Zagreb
Joe Fraser showed that he was all the way back after taking a break post-Paris, claiming a pair of gold medals at the European Gymnastics Championships in Zagreb.
After a pair of top-five finishes in 2024, Fraser took time away to open his own gym, as well as welcoming a baby daughter into his family.
But now back to his best, he won horizontal bar gold at the Europeans, before joining forces with Harry Hepworth, Courtney Tulloch, Sol Scott and Jonas Rushworth to win team gold.
He said: “Having a break after Paris has given me a lot of perspective.
“Opening my own gym and having a baby daughter on the way all adds to that and has definitely helped my gymnastics.”
Fraser added parallel bars bronze, while Hepworth and Scott also won bronze medals, on the floor and the vault respectively.