For many athletes the pressure of defending a title is overwhelming; it’s much easier to be the up-and-coming underdog than to have a target on your back. That isn’t the case for Jeremiah Azu, the reigning world indoor 60m champion. In fact, you get the sense he relishes it.
The 24-year-old is in fine form, setting a European leading time over 60m at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver meeting in Berlin earlier this month. That mark – 6.47 seconds – took him to third on the British all-time list and broke the Welsh record. He also won the 200m at British national championships with a personal best of 20.77 in February, sealing the sprint double, and believes that is a strong starting point to becoming a “complete sprinter” over 60m, 100m, and 200m.
