Keely Hodgkinson believes keeping things simple and trusting her instinct fired her to a long-awaited major championship gold.
The Olympic silver medallist won the European 800m title on Saturday night after breezing to victory ahead of Renelle Lamote and Anna Wielgosz in Munich.
Ad Hodgkinson, 20, followed up her breakthrough Tokyo medal with silvers at this summer's World Championships and Commonwealth Games after being beaten by Athing Mu in Eugene and then stunned by Mary Moraa in Birmingham.
AthleticsHudson-Smith helps secure scintillating European gold in Munich8 MINUTES AGO But she finally climbed to the top of the podium to lay those demons to rest as a polished and assured performance completed a comfortable victory by almost half a second.