The gold medal efficiency by means of Jeremiah Azu of Crew GB has many tales. Jeremiah is a brand new father, he’s additionally a brand new Eu champion and now, a International Indoor Champion. This tale on Jeremiah was once written by means of Stuart Weir, the RunBlogRun senior creator for Europe!
Jeremiah Azu International Indoor dash champion.
Two weeks in the past Jeremiah Azu received the 60m within the Eu Indoors. Now he has simply long past and received the International Indoors. Sure, you’ll say that a whole lot of the arena’s most sensible athletes weren’t there however Azu can simplest beat those that had been there and he did simply that! The overall consequence was once:
1 Jeremiah Azu 6.492 Lachlan Kennedy 6.503 Akani Simbine 6.54
He had up to now run 6.53 and six.52 to succeed in the general. Azu, who had an damage ultimate month and was once as regards to cancelling his indoor season mentioned: “My indoor season didn’t look like it was going to happen, so standing here as World and European champion in the same season, is amazing. I had a coaching change, a couple of injuries that I dealt with. But you know, that’s life. Everyone’s going through stuff. It’s not a sob story, it’s just the reality of life, and you’ve just got to keep moving. I had planned some races, but pulled out of a few because of injury. Four weeks ago I didn’t even look like I was going to have an indoor season. It was a burst of emotion. I feel like I’ve faced a lot during the last couple of months, a lot of life changes, so to know that everything is still going the right way is important for me.
Jeremiah Azu takes gold in the 60 meters, Nanjing, March 21, 2025, photo by Dan Vernon for World Athletics
“That scream after the race was just that, a relief, a scream of joy, a scream of happiness and emotion. I was a bit emotional before the race with my coach. I was telling her, I’m so grateful that she helps me to believe in myself again, and that was just everything coming out. Moving back to Wales has been huge. It’s the reason I’m here right now. It’s allowed my [Christian] faith to grow. I’m back with the coach who started me off in this sport, and I’m sure we can go around the world and continue to be great. GB Team captain Neil Gourley’s speech was so amazing. It’s so nice to hear that my teammates believe in me. The work doesn’t stop. Just going to get ready for summer. The calendar keeps going. So I still need to train. I still need to be in the best shape possible so I can hopefully come back in the summer, be back in Asia, be back in Tokyo, and who knows what can happen.”
The 60-meter ultimate, Jeremiah Azu at the left, picture by means of Sona Maleterova for International Athletics
Azu left his Welsh base and trainer, Helen James, in 2022 to spend the following two years om Padua, Italy with Marco Airale, whose staff incorporated Adam Gemili, Ama Pipi, Darryl Neita, Reece Prescod and Amy Hunt. Ultimate fall he – and lots of the others – left Italy with Azu returning to Helen James in Cardiff. Chatting with GB athletics writers from Nanjing a couple of days in the past Azu spoke warmly of his time in Italy: “I gained an insight into other aspects of track and field. I gained an understanding of things other people were doing and that I wasn’t doing. I think I learned a lot about myself. I gained a lot of independence off the track as well. I probably would never have moved away from home for any other reason, so I think it allowed me to gain a lot of life experience which translates into track maturity”.
Lachlan Kennedy, AUS, silver, Jeremiah Azu, GBR, Akani Simbine, SA, picture by means of Sona Maleterova for International Athletics
He mentioned that there was once nobody reason why for leaving Italy to go back house however discussed circle of relatives and training causes. He added: “I was planning to stay there and have the family come out, but eventually things just didn’t end up going that way for whatever reason. I am grateful to all the people that helped me, all the experience I gained, but ultimately that chapter closed and I’m just ready to start again where I started my athletics career. I think this last couple of weeks have definitely given me the confidence I’ve made the right decision”.
Requested if he noticed the indoor season as an result in itself or a preparation for the summer time, he sidestepped the query: “I don’t really see it as anything special or anything different. I think I take it for what it is – an opportunity to see where you are in training, to challenge yourself. So I just treat the indoors for what it is – a time to run, a time to earn money, do championships. There’s so many different things that can come from indoors and right now for me, I think we ran into it with an open mind frame. I moved home, back with Helen and I had some races”. He added that he loved being again in his church in Cardiff.
Jeremiah Azu, Apeldoorn2025, picture by means of Larry Eder for RunBlogRun
Once I requested him what he concept his absolute best distance was once, once more he gave a considerate resolution: “Honestly I think that’s quite hard to answer because I wouldn’t want to put myself in a category to think I can’t do anything else. This year, we’re going to really try and focus on the 200 because over the last two years, I didn’t run it too much. I think that will definitely help my 100, but for me there’s no perfect distance. I love them all. I’m just enjoying stepping on the track It’s about just getting out and competing. I wouldn’t say there’s a perfect distance for me or a favorite distance. I like elements of each one. I mean the 60 is over so quick. The 100 requires a bit more patience and the 200 requires a lot of finesse. You can lose a lot of time on that curve, so it’s learning how to run the curve properly and chopping down those times. There are elements of all of them that I love. But for me there’s no favorite or best distance for me”.
Changing into Eu and International Champion, Jeremiah has taken an actual step ahead and it’ll be thrilling to look the place the adventure takes him.
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