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Jeremiah Azu (left) registered a season's best whilst Abigail Pawlett marked a personal best with their victories in Birmingham [Getty Images]
Wales pair Jeremiah Azu and Abigail Pawlett retained their titles British indoor athletics titles in Birmingham.
Azu, 24, defended the 60m title he won in 2024 with a season's best time of 6.56 seconds.
The European and World indoor champion was typically quick out of the blocks to put daylight between himself and the rest of the pack.
The Welshman staved off competition from Romell Galve, who took silver with 6.62 and Jody Smith who finished with bronze at 6.63.
Despite his victory, Azu described it as a "dress rehearsal" for next month's World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland, where he will be hoping to retain another title.
He said: "It is never easy to defend these titles and not something I take for granted.
"I will be going to world indoors to go and defend my title. This was a dress rehearsal. I actually wanted to run quicker, well I always want to run quicker.
"The emotions of running in competition always have an impact. Training can't do that. So, getting through this today gives me confidence going into world indoors."
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Pawlett's PB
Pawlett rounded up an impressive day in the midlands by defending her 60m hurdles title with a time of 8.05secs.
The 23-year-old beat her personal best twice and saved the best till last with a commanding run.
Having been the stand-out performer through the qualifying rounds, including setting a personal best of 8.06 in the semi-finals, Pawlett went one hundreths of a second better in the final to retain the title she first won in 2025.
In the pole vault, Wrexham's Thomas Walley won bronze with a best mark of 5.25m, going over at the third attempt.
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