As the days get warmer and the summer season begins to take shape, British athletes made it a May to remember.
As the days get warmer and the summer season begins to take shape, British athletes made it a May to remember.
From quota places to medals and beyond, here's the best action from the last month.
History makers
The World Athletics Relays saw the four-woman band of Amy Hunt, Nia Wedderburn-Goodison, Bianca Williams and Success Eduan clinch gold in the women's 4x100m after clocking a time of 42.21.
Eduan, 20, produced a stunning anchor leg on her senior debut to power past Olympic gold medallists Shericka Jackson and Twanisha Terry and take victory.“I don’t even know what happened – I just went past them. That is all I did," said Eduan.
"To come away with a gold medal, not any other colour but gold it is absolutely amazing. We have worked hard for this. I was just so confident in these girls and what we are here for. I have a winning mentality, and I was always going to go for the gold."
Golden girls and history makers 🥇🥉
— Team GB (@TeamGB) May 12, 2025
Britain's women's 4x100m team clinched GOLD as the mixed 4x100m took BRONZE in the event's debut at the World Relays 😍
Looking RELAY strong @BritAthletics 💪 pic.twitter.com/RJsiW0k8uk
More history was made in the mixed 4x100m as the quartet of Asha Philip, Kissiwaa Mensah, Jeriel Quainoo and Joe Ferguson took bronze at the event's debut.
A successful weekend in Guangzhou was capped by all five relay teams booking Great Britain's spots at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in September.
In Miami, Josh Kerr was the first to cross the finish line in the men's 1500m at the Grand Slam Track, finishing ahead of fellow Paris 2024 medallists Cole Hocker and Yared Nuguse.
He followed that up with a personal best of 1:45.01 in the 800m to be crowned Miami Slam champion.
Elsewhere, Molly Caudery kickstarted her outdoor season by soaring to Diamond League glory in Doha after clearing 4.75m in the pole vault.
She said: “I have a lot of fire in me and that’s a good thing for the new season.”
Leipzig legends
In Leipzig, Great Britain continued their sterling record at the European Gymnastics Championships with men's team gold and a first-ever mixed team silver.
Olympians Jake Jarman, Harry Hepworth and Luke Whitehouse combined with major championship debutants Jonas Rushworth and Jamie Lewis to be crowned champions for the men's team discipline.
While even more history was made when Jarman and Ruby Evans became the first-ever mixed team silver medallists at the Championships, finishing second to home duo Karina Schoenmaier and Timo Eder.
There was further success in the individual competitions, as Whitehouse sealed a third consecutive gold on the floor, with Hepworth taking silver.
Jarman earned a third medal of the championships with silver in the vault.
Scottish silver
On the ice, the dynamic duo of Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds took home silver at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships in Fredericton, Canada, securing a third and final curling quota spot for Milano Cortina 2026.
The Scots finished second in Group A behind eventual winners Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner to set up a tie with Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin of the United States in the knockout round.
After defeating the Americans 7-5, Mouat and Dodds then dispatched Australians Tahili Gill and Dean Hewitt 9-6 in the final four before bowing out with silver after a 9-4 defeat to Italy's Constantini and Mosaner.
The result capped off a historic campaign for Mouat, who earlier this year led the team that bears his name to a record-breaking four Grand Slam titles in one season.
Turkish delight for divers
More medals were won on the water as British divers racked up a hat-trick of bronze medals and a solitary silver at the European Aquatics Diving Championships in Antalya, Turkey.
Silver medallist Noah Penman led the way by winning his first individual senior European medal after a strong performance in the men's 3m springboard contest.
He said: “I was kind of coming here to get experience of being in a senior competition, I wasn’t really expecting to get a medal, I was hoping just to put out my best performance and go through my dives.”
Earlier in the competition, Ben Cutmore and Desharne Bent-Ashmeil got the ball rolling with mixed 3m synchro bronze, with Hugo Thomas and Leon Baker matching the result in the men's 3m synchro.
Bent-Ashmeil then picked up her second medal at the tournament by teaming up with Amy Rollinson for women's 3m synchro bronze.
Happy returns for Burgess and Woods
In Vaires-sur-Maine, it was a winning return to the iconic course for Paris 2024 medallists Adam Burgess and Kimberley Woods at the European Canoe Slalom Championships.
Burgess, who won silver last summer, teamed up with Ryan Wesley and Luc Royle to go one better and claim gold in the men's canoe team event.
Kimberley Woods matched her exploits at Paris 2024 with a pair of bronze medals, combing with Lois Leaver and Nikita Setchell in the women's kayak team discipline as well as finishing third in the individual kayak cross.
Slaloming onto the podium 😎
— Team GB (@TeamGB) May 15, 2025
It was men's C1 team gold and women's K1 team bronze for @paddle_uk on the first day of the canoe slalom Europeans.
📸 @CanoeEurope pic.twitter.com/gBE79v30mN
Sam Leaver also earned bronze in the men's kayak cross after a series of dominant performances through the rounds.
“I have been waiting to take kayak cross to a senior season for a while," he said.
"Last year I was disappointed with my selection series and only got two races in cross. I am enjoying the opportunity. I am just happy to be in these races and then whatever results come."
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