Wales' fastest woman Brier breaks 44-year 200m record

Wales' fastest woman Brier breaks 44-year 200m recordImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Hannah Brier has represented Wales at two Commonwealth GamesPublished2 minutes agoHannah Brier underlined her status as the fastest Welsh woman of all time, breaking her country's longstanding 200m record with a time of 22.79 seconds at the Stratford Speed Grand Prix in London.The Welsh record had been held for 44 years by Michelle Scutt, who ran 22.80 in Antrim in June 1982.Swansea Harrier Brier also holds the Welsh 100m record of 11.26 seconds, which she set at the same Stratford meeting in 2025.The 28-year-old from Neath had already set a new Welsh indoor best earlier this year, running a time of 23.25 at the UK Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham in February.Brier almost quit the sport in 2024 as she struggled to balance her job as a youth worker with an intense training regime.She was a member of Team Wales as a 16 year-old at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and the 2022 Games in Birmingham.She has the Commonwealth B standard for both the 100m and 200m for this summer's Games in Glasgow.Sprinter Brier's shock GB call-up transforms holidayPublished27 August 2025Hannah Brier became the fastest Welsh woman of all time after running a personal best in her women's 100m heat at the UK Athletics Championships in Manchester.The 24-year-old Swansea Harrier won her heat in a time of 11.33.She beat her previous best of 11.39, a time she shared with Sallyanne Short and Elaine O'Neill.Brier progressed to Saturday's semi-finals, where Britain's fastest woman Dina Asher-Smith will be a rival.Brier will join brother Joe, a 400m runner, in the Wales team at the Birmingham Commonwealth games later this summer.Related topicsWales SportAthletics