Great Britain’s athletes showed their star quality at the European Championships in Berlin and topped the medals table with a haul of 18.

Here Press Association Sport looks at the athletes to watch ahead of next year’s World Championships and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Dina Asher-Smith

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Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith won an historic treble in Berlin. (Martin Rickett/PA)

The 22-year-old completed an historic treble in Berlin – all with world leading times – winning the 100m, 200m and 4x100m to become the first Briton to claim all three.

She has already been called world class by IAAF president Sebastian Coe but 200m world champion Dafne Schippers warned Asher-Smith Doha 2019 will not be as easy while Elaine Thompson will not give up her two Olympic sprint titles easily.

Laura Muir

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Great Britain’s Laura Muir (left) celebrates her 1500m win with Laura Weightman, who won bronze. (Martin Rickett/PA)

The Scot was overwhelming favourite for the 1500m title and underlined why she is such a talent with a dominant win.

Muir will enjoy her battles with Sifan Hassan – who won the 5000m – and, while there is a frosty relationship with Genzebe Dibaba, Muir must overcome her on the track.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson

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Great Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson claimed her third major medal of 2018. (Martin Rickett/PA)

The 25-year-old is effectively the second best in the world after claiming silver in the heptathlon behind Olympic champion Nafi Thiam given the standard of the competition. It was her third major medal of 2018 after World Indoor pentathlon and Commonwealth heptathlon golds.

It showed she is closing the gap on Belgian Thiam but Anouk Vetter and Carolin Schafer remain big contenders.

Zharnel Hughes

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Great Britain’s Zharnel Hughes was the favourite for the 100m in Berlin. (Martin Rickett/PA)

The man Usain Bolt calls ‘captain’ as he is learning to fly lived up to his favourite tag to win the 100m in Berlin last week while helping the squad to 4x100m relay victory.

Team-mate Reece Prescod came second and remains a threat while the USA’s Noah Lyles, Ronnie Baker and Michael Rodgers have all run faster than Hughes’ 9.91 seconds this year.

Reece Prescod

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Reece Prescod (right) celebrates his 100m silver with winner Zharnel Hughes. (Martin Rickett/PA)

Prescod finished one hundredths of a second behind Hughes in Berlin with his 9.96 seconds the first time he has legally gone sub-10.

Like Hughes he will have to battle the Americans and it was a shame France’s Jimmy Vicaut missed out on the European final through injury while South Africa’s 100m Commonwealth champion Akani Simbine is a rising star.

Matt Hudson-Smith

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Great Britain’s Matthew Hudson-Smith won 400m gold and 4x400m silver. (Martin Rickett/PA)

There seemed few who could stop the man from Wolverhampton taking the 400m European crown and so it proved and he will be expected to improve before Tokyo.

Iwan Thomas’ 21-year-old 400m British record is sure to fall soon but Hudson-Smith – on the comeback trail 12 months after almost quitting – is only 37th fastest in the world this year.