Career
Qualifed, as all nationals of British Overseas Territories are from birth (save Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands), to compete for Great Britain at the Olympic Games, in June 2015, it was confirmed that Hughes would henceforth compete for Great Britain in all IAAF events, as was his right by dint of the right to British citizenship of Anguillans with Hughes saying “I have always known that if I was to run at the Olympics it would be in a British vest and that is how I have always dreamt it would be.”
He has been awarded a scholarship to attend the IAAF"s Regional High Performance Training Centre in Jamaica. Hughes trains with the Racers Track Club in Jamaica alongside the likes of Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and Delano Williams. He currently holds the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships record for the 100m, with a time of 10.12s having taken the record from Yohan Blake.
On 27 August 2015, Hughes came 5th in the 200m at the World Championships in Beijing.