Jeremiah Azu PROFILE

Jeremiah Azu is in a hurry to prove himself on the world stage in Tokyo, but he still had time to tell Dragon Sports’ Owen Morgan of his burning ambition.

Three women and one man will make up the Welsh contingent in the Great Britain squad for the World Athletics Championships.

He's the fastest man in the UK, Europe, and the world when it comes to indoor 60m sprinting, but Jeremiah Azu is still determined to win for Wales at the Commonwealth Games, as Owen Morgan reports.

It has been an incredible indoor athletics season for Welsh sprinting sensation Jeremian Azu, who is collecting gold and inpsiring the next generation as Owen Morgan discovers.

He’s the fastest Welshman in history and now Jeremiah Azu is also the quickest man in Europe after winning the indoor title.

Jeremiah Azu is back in Wales and he announced his return with a bang at the Welsh Indoor Athletics Championships. After two years based in Italy, the Olympic 4x100m relay bronze medallist has returned home to Cardiff to be closer to family, friends and coach Helen James.

Welsh athletes have returned home, having made a remarkable impression at the Paris 2024 Olympics, achieving their best performance to date. A record 33 Welsh competitors, including 19 Olympic debutants, represented Team GB, bringing home a total of 13 medals—three gold, three silver, and seven bronze.

Jeremiah Azu insisted he had earned “redemption” with his 4 x 100m relay bronze medal at the Paris Olympics. The Welsh sprinter was part of a Great Britain squad that finished third in a rain-drenched Stade de France on Friday night.

With five days left, the Olympic Games is now coming off the final bend – but there is still time for Emma Finucane to become a legend of Welsh sport. The 21-year-old track cyclist has won one gold medal already in the women’s team sprint but still has two further opportunities in the keirin – the weird one, where the riders start by chasing a motorbike – and the individual sprint.

Jeremiah Azu will bridge a 56-year gap in Paris when he becomes the first Welsh athlete to run in the 100 metres at the Olympic Games since Ron Jones in Mexico City. Azu starts his campaign in the heats on Saturday morning and will be aiming to line-up for the final on Sunday night.

Faster. Higher. Stronger. The Olympic motto used to be unchanging and did its job well enough from its introduction back in 1894. That was until 2021 when the organisers/modernisers/do-gooders/diversity officers/woke police (insert depending on political outlook) decided on an upgrade.

Jeremiah Azu is ready to ‘get his head down’ and target Paris after booking his ticket to the Olympic Games.