Hunt powered from sixth to second with the fearless attitude that helped her return from a quadriceps rupture Moments after Amy Hunt powered to a stunning world championship 200m silver medal, with a display of staggering bloody-mindedness, she had a message to those intending to follow in her path. “You can be an academic badass and a track goddess,” she insisted. “I’m showing that you can do everything, and anything, you set your mind to. You can be the best at everything.” But as Hunt, a 23-year-old Cambridge University graduate, told her story it became clear that she has had it anything but easy. A few years ago she ruptured her quadriceps so badly that her mum needed to lift her out of the shower. She struggled with her mental health too, and imposter syndrome. Yet she kept finding a way back. Continue reading...