Azu eyes Olympic 'dream' but Courtney-Bryant misses out

Wales’ fastest man will make his Olympic debut successful Paris this summer.

Jeremiah Azu took metallic successful nan men’s 100m astatine nan UK Athletics Championships connected which double arsenic nan Great Britain trials.

The 23-year-old from Cardiff vanished 0.07 seconds down Louie Hinchliffe successful Manchester pinch nan brace some confirming their spot successful France.

"Going to nan Olympics is what I've dreamt of since I started nan sport," said Azu, nan first Welsh sprinter to break 10 seconds successful nan 100m.

"Hopefully we [the relay team] tin locomotion distant pinch medals and I tin scope nan individual final. Once you're successful a final, thing tin happen."

However, location was disappointment for Melissa Courtney-Bryant who was agonisingly adjacent to joining Azu successful Paris.

The 30-year-old had nan qualifying modular successful nan women’s 1500m and needed a top-two decorativeness to make nan Games but vanished fourth, little than a 2nd down Laura Muir successful second.

It was nan 2nd Olympic heartbreak for Courtney-Bryant, a World Championship finalist past year, having missed retired connected nan Tokyo Olympics pinch a ft injury.

Piers Copeland was besides aiming to suffice successful nan men’s 1500m but vanished ninth.

Elsewhere, location were metallic medals for some Freya Jones successful nan women’s javelin and Patrick Swan successful nan men’s changeable put, though neither had secured nan Olympic qualifying standard.

Pembrokeshire teen Gracie Griffiths took golden successful nan women’s 5000m title walk.

Former Wales under-18 world rugby subordinate Harrison Walsh vanished arsenic nan starring para jock successful nan men’s discus arsenic he intends to unafraid his spot astatine nan Paralympics