Azu and Brier keep Britain's sprinters in the hunt for more medals

Jeremiah Azu and Joe Brier helped fire Britain's sprinters into two European relay finals on a fabulous Friday in Munich. Individual 100m bronze medallist Azu, 23, joined forces with Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Jona Efoloko and Tommy Ramdhan to scorch to victory in their 4x100m heat ahead of the Netherlands and Switzerland. Ad And just one hour later, Brier combined with Alex Haydock-Wilson, Rio Mitcham and Lewis Davey to finish third in their heat and similarly advance to this weekend's medal showdowns.

AthleticsWightman lambasts poor performance despite making it through to 800m finalAN HOUR AGO Welsh star Azu came flying out of the blocks to get the ball rolling and relished continuing the momentum after Tuesday night's brilliant bronze. He said: «I loved starting off the team. »I'm one of the best starters in the country, so it makes sense for me to get the team out to the best start possible.

«Whoever is on back stretch is already at top speed, so we are going to be flying. »It was an early start today, so I felt that on the track but we got the baton around safely. «I've come off the track healthy so I can't complain.

We are in the final so the job is done.» Azu, Aikines-Aryeetey, Efoloko and Ramdhan clocked a blink-and-you'll-miss-it time of 38.41 to down the Dutch by 0.42s. While later in the morning, Brier helped Britain qualify for Saturday's 4x400m final in marginally more reserved fashion. The quartet finished third behind the Czech Republic and France as a season's best time of 3:02.36 eased them into the final as one of the top three teams.