Sprinting to glory.
If the previous day used to be irritating for Staff GB, day 3 ended on a top with two medals within the males’s 60. Jeremiah Azu Had taken bronze on the outside Ecu Championships in Munich in 2022 within the 100m. The next yr he have been sixth within the Ecu indoors. He made the Olympic crew however used to be DQed for a false get started within the 100m however got here again to take a relay medal.
A couple of years in the past he took the brave step to go away his house in Cardiff to move and teach in Italy with Marco Airale after which made up our minds final summer time to transport again to UK. This week he were given his praise with the gold medal and PR of 6.49.
Now not many of us knew his background that he have been born in Netherlands. He stunned and inspired on the press convention and after his 60 meter victory by way of talking Dutch. Nonetheless simply 23 he has his easiest years forward of him. He stated of his victory: “This morning I felt a bit flat before the semi final then I saw my family and we prayed. After I left them I was thinking, where would I be without these guys? They lifted me up. Once I saw them it just shut down any doubt, I walked into that warm-up area and felt amazing just by seeing them.
Jeremiah Azu, Apeldoorn 2025, European Indoors, photo by European Athletics
“Huge moment becoming a father, becoming European Champion. My son is going to be able to look back on this and see what his Dad was doing which is an amazing feeling. If I wasn’t motivated enough already, it is another reason to go hard, another reason to get up in the morning. All these little things add up; I won by 3 100ths of a second and that is the little differences he makes. We are just scratching the surface, this is only the beginning. We have so much more to go”.
Andrew Robertson, Apeldoorn 2025, Ecu Indoors, picture by way of Euroean Athletics
Andrew Robertson is 34 and he hasn’t ever run sub 10. He has all the time been higher on the 60 than the 100. His time for third position used to be 6.55. His overview of the night used to be: “I have been doing this sport for many, many years, competing at national international, under 23 junior youth. To finally get the medal after hard work, a lot set backs, a lot of disappointments, a lot of hard times. It wasn’t particularly a great run from me but that is my competitive nature and I have got myself in the best shape ever. Not bad for a 34 year old!
Men’s 60 meter final, Apeldoorn2025 European Indoors, photo by European Athletics
“I have never had an international medal and today I can’t really ask for more; I am very proud. It was an absolute stacked 60m today. I went in with a season best of 6.61, and I didn’t even have the official qualifying time and I came away with a bronze medal. Plus one the fastest times in Europe this year. I am very proud and very happy”.
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