23-year-old takes title one week after becoming father‘It’s a huge moment becoming a European champion’
It took 6.49sec of staggering power and fluency for Jeremiah Azu to win the 60m European Indoor gold for Britain. And about the same time again for him to have a packed crowd in Apeldoorn eating out of his hand.
For no sooner had he been asked for his thoughts on his victory, Azu, who was born in Rotterdam, began to speak in fluent Dutch: “I am here, I am in the building!” Having been foot perfect on the track, the 23-year-old proved to be word perfect off it too.
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