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They say practice makes perfect, but for some athletes that means more than just training to be as fast as possible.<\/b><\/p>\n
For many, it’s also about what you wear or how you accessorise with things like jewellery.<\/p>\n
So can getting glammed up help your performance? <\/p>\n
British sprinter Amy Hunt certainly thinks so, and it seems to be working as she’s now secured two gold medals at the European Athletics Championships.<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old, who’s gunning for a historic quadruple win at the event this week, told BBC Newsbeat “the glam definitely helps that mentality because sprinting is such a confidence game”.<\/p>\n
“Everyone knows I love a bit of glam and I love my nails.”<\/p>\n
The Midlands-born athlete has curated her nail art to reference landmarks within Birmingham, where the competition is being held, including nods to the Jewellery Quarter and the Bull Ring, external<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n Hunt says “looking good and feeling good” is all part of her process to get into the right mindset, and likens walking out on to the track to a gladiator entering an arena.<\/p>\n “It’s a show at the end of the day,” she says.<\/p>\n Fellow athletes, including Olympic champions Keely Hodgkinson and the United States’ Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles, are among those who have also become known for their statement nail art on the field, but it’s by no means a new practice. <\/p>\n US Olympic champion track star Florence Griffith Joyner, known as Flo-Jo, is often regarded as a pioneer of competing with long, vibrant nails back in the 1980s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n