Victory on the water and the range as July brings a glittering medal haul for British athletes

Monthly review and preview 01 Aug 25

In an action-packed month, British athletes used the abundance of sport to their full advantage as they returned a bumper medal haul in July.

From European titles to Diamond League golds in front of a home crowd here are the highlights from a month packed with success.

Double delight

Great Britain claimed both the men’s and women’s 2025 iQFOiL World Championship titles in Aarhus as Emma Wilson and Andy Brown both took gold.

Wilson marked her first senior world title in style as she beat off second-placed Tamar Steinberg and third-placed Theresa Marie Steinlein to seal top spot.

“I’m just so happy it doesn’t feel real. All week I was trying to stay cool and it wasn’t easy all week,” she reflected.

“I’ve never won a senior title so to be senior world champion has just been a dream since I was a little kid.

“I just kept believing in my training and I knew I was super fast. So just go fast and try and pick a good side.”

Brown claimed the men’s world championship title as he defeated second-placed Tom Arnoux and third-placed Nicolo Renna.

“It was exciting, that's for sure. It was really up and down, shifting left and right, and you do need some luck and do some good work out there,” he said.

“It means a lot. I’ve been full-time windsurfing since 2017 so it’s been a long time coming so I’m super happy. World champ - I can’t believe it!”

Shooting stars

British shooters returned to Chateauroux in France, familiar as the site of Paris 2024 shooting success, as Ben Llewellin claimed the European title.

He held off Italy’s Tammaro Cassandro by a single point to take the win with a total of 56 points.

Llewellin claimed gold in the men’s skeet before helping Great Britain to a second medal in the event as he took bronze in the men’s team skeet alongside Arran Eccleston and Mitchell Brooker-Smith.

And the success did not stop there.

Having claimed an Olympic silver medal at Paris 2024, Amber Rutter returned to France to take home yet another silver medal in the women’s skeet.

She finished second in the European Championships just behind home favourite Lucie Anastassiou of France, as she finished one point behind on 54.

Pooling medals

Paris 2024 bronze medallists Scarlett Mew Jensen and Yasmin Harper made it three of the best from the diving boards as they claimed a third consecutive world championship medal in Singapore.

The duo claimed a silver medal in the women’s 3m synchro, after taking bronze in Doha in 2024 and another silver in Fukuoka in 2023.

Mew Jensen and Harper finished 26.85 points behind gold medallists Yiwen Chen and Jia Chen of China.

There was also success off the board for Anthony Harding and Jack Laugher who claimed a bronze medal in the men’s 3m synchro.

It represented Laugher’s ninth world medal over the past 10 years and is the third world medal the duo have won as a pair.

Top of the mountain

Olympic champion Tom Pidcock participated in a British one-two as he claimed European gold at the MTB XCO European Championships.

Charlie Aldridge followed him home in second to secure gold and silver for Britain as Pidcock was able to don the blue hoops of the European champion’s jersey.

It marks Pidcock’s second continental title as he raced across the line 36 seconds ahead of compatriot Aldridge in Melgaco, Portugal just weeks after winning his first world cup title of the season.

Aldridge crossed the line in comfort as he raced in 28 seconds ahead of third place.

Evie Richards added to the medal haul in Portugal as she claimed silver on the final day of the championships.

She used her power to fight off Switzerland’s Nicole Koller and secure second.

Jumping for joy

Britain's equestrians claimed their first European Jumping Team medal in six years as they bagged a silver in the event in A Coruna.

Scott Brash, Ben Maher, Matt Sampson and Donald Whitaker combined to win the first medal in the event since 2019.

Brash had further reason to celebrate as two proved his lucky number in Spain as he claimed a second silver in the individual event on Hello Folie.

The duo did not fell a fence all week on their route to double silver as they finished second only to Germany’s Richard Vogel on United Touch S, who finished on 0.01.

Home heroes

There was plenty of success for British athletes at the Diamond League meet in front of a home crowd in London.

The women’s 4x100m relay team delivered a world-leading time of 41.69 to take the first gold medal of the day to the delight of the London Stadium.

Dina Asher-Smith, Amy Hunt, Desiree Henry and Daryll Neita swept round the track to lay down a marker ahead of the World Championships in Tokyo in September.

Asher-Smith took second in the 200m in a season's best 22.25, with Hunt third in 22.31, her first personal best in the event for six years.

Georgia Hunter-Bell claimed gold in the women’s 800m in a time of 1:56.74.

She timed a late surge to perfection as she charged through the field in the final 100m to cross the line in the clear.

Charlie Dobson also delivered a shock victory in a personal best time of 44.14. He came from nowhere to move up from fourth in lane seven and take the gold medal. It saw him finish ahead of compatriot Matt Hudson-Smith who took home silver in a time of 44.27.

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