Welshman Jeremiah Azu Wins Gold in 60m at World Indoor Athletics Championships
Welsh sprinter Jeremiah Azu clinched the gold medal in the men's 60-meter race on the first day of the World Indoor Athletics Championships currently being held in Nanjing, China.
Azu recorded a time of 6.49 seconds, while Australia's Lachlan Kennedy secured the silver medal. The 23-year-old Welsh sprinter achieved a personal best, maintaining an undefeated record this year. He edged out Kennedy by a mere hundredth of a second in an exhilarating final that saw their American rival, Ronnie Baker, suffer a hamstring injury just before the finish line.
South African sprinter Akani Simbine took the bronze medal with a time of 6.54 seconds after another top contender, Puerto Rico's Eloy Bennett, stumbled early in the race and was unable to continue.
This title marks Azu's second major international victory, following his first win in the same event at the European Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, earlier this month.
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