Road to Glasgow: Jeremiah Azu’s Rise Keeps Cardiff Met in The Spotlight

The 2025 World Indoor Champion and current European and UK Indoor 60m champion, Jeremiah Azu, is no longer a promising sprinter, he is a proven one.

The former Cardiff Met student has moved into the highest level of British and international sprinting, and his recent form has only reinforced that status. 2025 was a breakthrough year, launching Azu into becoming one of the standout names in Welsh Athletics. He also broke new ground in 2024 by becoming the first Welsh athlete to run a wind-legal sub-10-second 100m, clocking 9.97s in Leverkusen. 

His versatility has also been grabbing the headlines. Earlier this year Azu won the indoor 60m UK title before returning the next day to win the indoor 200m in a personal best of 20.77s. Afterwards, he explained the decision to double up, saying, “competition gives a level of speed that training alone cannot replicate.” It was the sort of answer that revealed a lot about where he is now: confident, sharp and thinking like an athlete chasing bigger targets. 

Before the world titles and record times, Azu was part of Cardiff Met’s athletics environment, studying Sport Conditioning, Rehabilitation and Massage while developing within the Cardiff Archers programme. Azu’s story is one that Cardiff Met is proud to preach about. Not because it sounds good in a prospectus, but because it shows what can happen when talent meets the right environment. 

Having already experienced the Olympic stage, helping Great Britain to bronze in the men’s 4x100m relay at Paris 2024, Azu’s sights are set on Commonwealth success with Wales. His profile may have lifted, but the foundation remains the same.

For Cardiff Met, he is one of the clearest examples of an athlete who has fully utilised facilities, believed in himself, and consequently succeeded at the highest level.  

As the road to Glasgow continues, Azu looks certain to remain at the centre of the sprint conversation. For Cardiff Met, that is a powerful story in itself.