Welsh sprinter Jeremiah Azu admits he experienced redemption after winning a bronze medal at his first Olympic Games in Paris.
Azu began his program in Paris with the sad fact that he was disqualified from the first 100 m individual race due to a false start.
Six days later, he celebrated a podium finish after finishing third in the 4×100-meter relay alongside fellow British runners Zharnel Hughes, Louie Hinchliffe and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake.
Azu, 23, was grateful to win an Olympic medal at his first Games.
“It’s a kind of compensation for the way the championships went,” said Azu.
“We all work so hard for these moments. They are the things we have dreamed of since we started running.
“It’s incredible to take home something like this and achieve it so early in my career.
“It feels great to be in this position now. I wouldn’t have orchestrated things like this, but I’m on a journey, I’m learning and that’s part of the process.
“I would have liked to prove myself individually. I am in the best shape of my life and am achieving values in training that I have never achieved before.”
“Next time I will come back stronger and hopefully do justice to myself both in the individual and in the relay.”
