The clocks may have gone back, but sport shows no signs of slowing down as it braces for the cold and mud of the winter months.
Despite the dark, Britain’s athletes continued to win dozens of medals across European and World Championships this month, making history in the process.
In case you missed them, here are some of October’s best moments.
Silverware in Rotterdam
Britain’s gymnasts lit up the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam, with Jake Jarman and Joe Fraser taking starring roles.
Jarman became Britain’s second-most decorated gymnast in the championships’ history thanks to his silver medals in the floor and vault, the fourth and fifth world medals of his career.
Team-mate Fraser won the team’s other medal with a bronze in the men’s all-around final to become the third British male to earn a world medal in the event.
There was also a return to the global stage for Alice Kinsella, who made her comeback to the World Championships after giving birth to her son last year.
Morris leads Britain’s track gold rush
British cyclists topped the UCI Track Cycling World Championships medal table after a stunning display across five days in Shanghai.
Six of Britain’s twelve medals were gold, one more than second-placed Netherlands, with Anna Morris winning three.
Morris took gold in the omnium, the madison alongside Erin Boothman and the team pursuit.
In the latter, Morris and Boothman teamed up with Millie Couzens and Josie Knight, who took gold and silver respectively in the individual pursuit.
Matthew Bostock put in a commanding performance to win his long-coveted scratch race gold medal, while team-mate Mark Stewart scooped victory in the points race.
Sky’s the limit for Brown
Back in 2021, Sky Brown became Team GB’s youngest ever athlete as she won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games, at just 13 years old.
Five years on, she continues to be a formidable force at the top of the skateboarding world, as she won a silver medal at the World Skate Games in Asuncion, Paraguay, narrowly missing out on gold to Japan’s Mizuho Hasegawa by just 1.5 points.
Brown is already a two-time park world champion, and her silver in South America was the second step towards qualification for her third Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028.
Rutter becomes queen of Europe
Amber Rutter was crowned European champion in the women’s skeet final in Malakasa, Greece, edging out Italian opponent Diana Bacosi, 34 points to 33.
Rutter was unfortunate to miss out on Olympic gold in Paris after a decisive shot was judged not to have hit the target, handing her the silver medal instead.
But at the ISSF European Championship Shotgun, she bested the Olympic champion from 2016 to reinstate her position at the top of the sport.
McNeice seals another World Cup win
Erin McNeice won her second overall World Cup title in the IFSC Climbing World Cup series by coming second in Salt Lake City.
The 22-year-old from Rodmersham in Kent won the overall lead title in 2025, but she can now call herself the overall bouldering World Cup champion too thanks to her fistful of medals on the circuit in 2026.
Her only event win came in Madrid, but four silver medals, including in Salt Lake City, proved she was a cut above the rest.
McNeice has also competed in lead competitions and was the only competitor to finish the course in the allotted time as she took victory at the European Championships in Laval, France, in August.
Podiums in Paris
It was a memorable return to Paris at the 2026 World Taekwondo Grand Prix, with Lauren Williams coming away with gold.
The Tokyo silver medallist won +67kg gold, to back up her world bronze medal from last year.
There was also success for Caden Cunningham, who won silver in the same city that he won Olympic silver two years ago.