Sacoor taking patient approach in following footsteps of his idols
Jonathan Sacoor’s progression through the rounds of the 400m at the IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018 suggested his season had been tailor-made to peak for that week.... Read More
Silver in Tampere felt like – and nearly was – gold for Hurtado
Six thousandths of a second – in any event, it’s a minuscule sliver of time, a winning margin that could easily leave the defeated athlete feeling hard done by. ... Read More
Merlos and Vilches: 11,000 kilometres apart, but inseparable in Tampere
It’s one of the great clichés trotted out by commentators and sports journalists across the world, usually in the aftermath of a competition that pitted two evenly matched rivals against each other: nobody deserved to lose.... Read More
Ten memorable moments from Tampere
The IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018 drew to a close little more than 24 hours ago, but memories of the event will linger for many years to come.... Read More
Keeping relaxed is key to world U20 discus champion Emilianov
While most athletes, especially in an event as individual and as technically demanding as the discus, adopt a veneer of inscrutability which is maintained until after they leave the competition arena, Moldova’s Alexandra Emilianov wears her heart on her sleeve. ... Read More
Italy’s surprise 4x400m gold a fitting end to IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018
In a week where nothing seemed certain, this was the only fitting conclusion – a dropped baton, a race filled with captivating, climactic chaos, the favourites beaten, the underdogs rising, and gold going to Italy.
Report: men’s 4x400m – IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018
For a championships that had been full of exciting finishes and surprise medallists, the men’s 4x400m was a fitting final event.
Report: women’s 4x400m – IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018
As expected, the United States cruised to its ninth straight women's U20 championship in the 4x400m relay, winning by more than two seconds over Australia in 3:28.74.
Report: women’s triple jump – IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018
On a week where age proved no barrier to sheer, unbridled brilliance, Bulgaria’s Aleksandra Nacheva unveiled a stunning leap in the second round of the triple jump to take her nation’s first ever medal in the event: gold.
Report: men’s discus – IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018
To say the men’s discus final at the IAAF World U20 Championships didn’t go to form would be something of an understatement.
Report: women’s high jump – IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018
The expected high jump duel between Karyna Taranda of Belarus and Maria Fernanda Murillo became a three-way battle when Ireland’s Sommer Lecky jumped into medal contention.
Report: men’s 800m – IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018
With a run that required speed, stamina and a sheer sense of self-belief, Solomon Lekuta of Kenya secured his nation their third consecutive gold medal in the men’s 800m at the IAAF World U20 Championships.
Report: women’s 1500m – IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018
With a long and sustained run from the bell, Alemaz Samuel Teshale became the third successive Ethiopian winner of the women’s 1500m at the IAAF World U20 Championships.
Report: men’s 3000m steeplechase – IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018
For the first time since these championships' inauguration in 1986, the winner of the men's steeplechase is not from Kenya.
Report: women’s 100m hurdles – IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018
Sprint hurdler Tia Jones won the USA’s first individual gold medal of the IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018 on the sixth and final day of competition – but only just.
Williams secures sprint double on super Saturday in Tampere
The penultimate day of action at the IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018 featured some of the biggest names in junior athletics, but the biggest talking point of the session came from a 16-year-old Jamaican girl.
Report: men's 4x100m – IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018
It took until the final event on the penultimate day of the World U20 Championships Tampere 2018 for the United States to win their first gold medal but after missing out on individual titles in the 100m and 200m, their sprinters combined superbly to win the 4x100m title for the sixth successive time.