Great Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith won silver in the men's 400m as Jamaica's Antonio Watson raced to gold at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Thursday.
Hudson-Smith, who won bronze at the 2022 World Championships, took the initiative to lift the pace at the halfway mark and led down the stretch before being pipped in the closing stages as he crossed the line in 44.31.Watson, who just moments earlier had seen Jamaica's Danielle Williams storm to victory in the women's 100m hurdles, nailed his race plan to hunt Hudson-Smith down and clinch gold with a winning time of 44.22.Quincy Hall of the United States finished third in 0:44.
'It was do or die. I tried to find a gear but that's what happens when you don't really have races. I found an extra gear in the semi-finals but it's not there yet. I'm going to finish off the season, aim to get 43 , finish off strong.'Last year, immediately after winning world bronze in Eugene, the Wolverhampton runner revealed he struggled with his mental health to the point where he tried to take his own life.
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