The English sprinter was forced to settle for second behind New Zealand's Zoe Hobbs in Tuesday's (28.07.26) final in Glasgow and was left with a sense of what might have been after missing out on victory.

Hunt said: "I had a really, really terrible first 60m. I am a legitimate starter. But today I got it really badly wrong. I was able to dig myself out of the horrendous ditch that I dug in the first half of the race, but I think gold was definitely there for the taking."

The race took place in horrendous weather conditions and the athlete joked that her "fingernails were under water" due to the torrential rain in the Scottish city.

Hunt said: "It was pretty gross on the start line. My fingers were underwater, which is a bit novel. But you have to roll with the punches at champs, and bringing away a medal is the most important thing, no matter what happens."

Several top English athletes - including Keely Hodgkinson and Dina Asher-Smith - have chosen to miss the Commonwealth Games to focus on next month's European Championships in Birmingham, but Hunt felt that it was "important" to race at the event.

She said: "I think it’s really important as a track athlete. We don’t get much representation in terms of media. We’re not NBA players. We’re not on TV three times a week and everyone’s seeing our faces.

"And it’s really important in terms of my journey and my legacy as an athlete. I don’t want to go on my Wikipedia page in 30 years’ time and just see one or two medals. I want to see lists and lists of medals."