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Jeremiah Azu says his long-term goal is the British record after he became the first Welsh 100m runner to break the 10-second barrier in wind-legal conditions.<\/b><\/p>\n
Azu ran 9.97 to win comfortably at the True Athletes Classics in Leverkusen on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The 23-year-old\u2019s run put him equal eighth on the British all-time 100m list, alongside Dwain Chambers and Adam Gemili, while he is the 12th British man to go under 10 seconds.<\/p>\n
The British record is held by Zharnel Hughes, who ran 9.83 in 2023<\/a> to break Linford Christie\u2019s previous best mark of 9.87, set in 1993.<\/p>\n \u201cHonestly I believe by the end of my career I will be able to run the British record,\u201d Azu told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.<\/p>\n \u201cI am confident with the set-up I have got and the belief I have got, it\u2019s all catered for me to run extremely fast.\u201d<\/p>\n Azu has been the Welsh record holder since last summer, when he ran 10.08 to beat Christian Malcolm\u2019s previous best mark of 10.11. Azu later recorded a time of 10.04.<\/p>\n Azu ran 9.90 to win the UK Athletics Championship in 2022 but that run was wind-assisted.<\/p>\n He will compete in the European Athletics Championships in Italy from 7-12 June before his focus switches to the UK Athletics Championships at the end of next month.<\/p>\n A top-three finish in that event, which is being held in Manchester, would secure a spot at this summer\u2019s Olympic Games.<\/p>\n