European Athletics Indoor Championships: GB’s Jeremiah Azu claims 60m gold as Andrew Robertson wins bronze

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European Athletics Indoor Championships: GB’s Jeremiah Azu claims 60m gold as Andrew Robertson wins bronze

Great Britain’s Jeremiah Azu claimed men’s 60m gold at the European Athletics Indoor Championships to land his first individual international title, as team-mate Andrew Robertson won bronze.

Azu, 23, ran a personal best of 6.49 seconds to cross the line ahead of Sweden’s Henrik Larsson in 6.52, with Robertson third in 6.55 in Saturday night’s final.

Having qualified fastest from the morning heats, Azu made a further statement by setting a European-leading time and then personal best 6.52 secs in the semi-finals.

But he saved his best for the medal race, which took place just two and a half hours later, to clinch GB’s first gold in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands.

Azu becomes the ninth British man to win the title – and first since Richard Kilty won back-to-back titles in 2017.

The Welshman’s triumph follows bronze medals for 1500m runner Revee Walcott-Nolan and the mixed 4x400m relay quartet.

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