And there we have it: six superb days, almost 1500 of the world&rsquo;s best teenage athletes, 136 medals handed out &ndash; and one bright future for the sport.&nbsp;
The final day of action at the&nbsp;World Athletics U20 Championships Cali 22&nbsp;on Sunday (6) saw a plethora of precocious youngsters again light up the track at the&nbsp;Pascual Guerrero Olympic Stadium, and in a programme littered with middle- and long-distance races, one nation shone brightest of all.&nbsp;
Ethiopia won four gold medals in the space of 65 minutes, taking victory in the women&rsquo;s 1500m, men&rsquo;s 800m, women&rsquo;s 5000m and men&rsquo;s 3000m steeplechase, while the standout individual performer of the day was undoubtedly Jamaica&rsquo;s Kerrica Hill, who powered to gold in the women&rsquo;s 100m hurdles in a championship record of 12.77 (0.2m/s). 
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 After Tina Clayton&rsquo;s 100m victory, Brianna Lyston&rsquo;s 200m win and Friday night&rsquo;s world U20 4x100m record for Jamaica, it was proof that the sprint superpower is replete with a rising generation of star female sprinters capable of carrying the baton once Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Elaine Thompson-Herah have stepped aside.&nbsp;
Hill, a student at Hydel High School, produced a near-flawless performance to smash her personal best with 12.77, moving fifth on the world U20 all-time list. She was followed home by teammate Alexis James, who set a PB of 12.87 to put previous injuries to her &ldquo;toe, hamstring, shin, knee, shoulder and back&rdquo; firmly in the rear-view mirror. Hungary&rsquo;s Anna Toth claimed bronze in a national U20 record of 13.00, which left her &ldquo;so happy and shocked.&rdquo;
The feeling was much the same for Hill, who had run the third leg on Jamaica&rsquo;s world-record-setting 4x100m team on Friday night. &ldquo;I did not expect a championship record, I expected some record but I was just focused on winning,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;My success last night was inspiring because it helped me come out here and do my very best."
The women&rsquo;s 1500m final marked the start of an astonishing spell of track dominance by Ethiopian athletes, with Birke Haylom announcing herself as a potential senior star by taking gold in a championship record of 4:04.27, with Kenyans Brenda Chebet and Purity Chepkirui &ndash; the defending champion &ndash; following her home in respective PBs of 4:04.64 and 4:07.64.&nbsp;
The pace was a swift one from the start, with Chebet taking them through 800m in 2:09.76, then leading Chepkirui through 1200m in 3:19.34. But at that point Haylom started changing gears, moving from fourth to first up the back straight. She struck for home around the last bend and built an advantage of several metres, but Chebet came again in the home straight, forcing Haylom to dig deep to hold her at bay. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s the first time winning a medal for my country,&rdquo; said Haylom. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a huge honour for me.&rdquo; 
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 In the men&rsquo;s 800m, Ermias Girma closed out a great week by avenging his defeat in the 1500m, powering to victory in 1:47.36 ahead of the fast-finishing Algerian Heithem Chenitef who clocked a PB of 1:47.61 in second. Britain&rsquo;s Ethan Hussey took bronze with 1:47.65, just ahead of Poland&rsquo;s Kacper Lewalski (1:47.84).&nbsp;
The early pace was a steady one, with Girma&rsquo;s compatriot&nbsp;Mersimoi&nbsp;Kasahun taking the field through the first lap in 54.96. Kenya&rsquo;s Noah Kibet launched his big attack with 250 metres to run, briefly hitting the front as they hit 600m in 1:21.53, but it was a move Girma was well able to respond to, the 17-year-old kicking it into gear around the final turn and pulling clear to win his first global title. Kibet paid for his effort and faded to seventh in 1:48.50.
Ethiopia was even more dominant in the women&rsquo;s 5000m, where the only doubt down the home straight was which of their athletes &ndash; Medina Eisa or Melknat Wudu &ndash; would strike gold. In the end Eisa proved the stronger, clocking 15:29.71 to edge Wudu (15:30.06), with Uganda&rsquo;s Prisca Chesang taking bronze in 15:31.17. Latvia&rsquo;s Agate Caune was fourth in a PB of 15:43.56.
Eisa said the victory was &ldquo;a really big deal&rdquo; for her while Wudu said it was a &ldquo;dream come true.&rdquo;
The men&rsquo;s 3000m steeplechase also saw Ethiopia go 1-2, with Samuel Duguna sprinting clear of teammate Samuel Firewu to win in 8:37.92 to Firewu&rsquo;s 8:39.11. Morocco&rsquo;s Salaheddine Ben Yazide took bronze in 8:40.62.&nbsp;
&ldquo;I am beyond elated,&rdquo; said Duguna. &ldquo;The weather conditions made the race a bit difficult. It was a bit hot, so when the race picked up it was challenging&nbsp;but this is for my country, all the Ethiopian people.&rdquo; 
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 The race proved cagey early on, with the chief contenders allowing Japan&rsquo;s Asahi Kuroda to build a sizable lead. It was only in the last four laps that the African contingent began to get serious and hunt him down, closing the gap to 20 metres as Kuroda passed 2000m in 5:49.16. Heading out on the final lap, Duguna and Firewu had control up front and the pair never relinquished it, with Duguna dropping the hammer on his teammate as he approached the final water jump and surging clear thereafter.&nbsp;
In the men&rsquo;s discus, Germany&rsquo;s Marius Karges caused an upset by winning gold with 65.55m ahead of teammate Mika Sosna (63.88m), who had set the world U20 record in June. But that 71.37m effort, as great as it was, is ultimately what cost him here in Cali.
&ldquo;On my world record throw, I injured my adductor and it still isn&rsquo;t ready yet,&rdquo; said Sosna, who only took one throw in the final due to the injury. &ldquo;I arrived as the U20 world record-holder and to bring the silver medal back is a little disappointing. (The adductor) was grabbing during the competition, it was really rough.&rdquo;
But Sosna&rsquo;s misfortune was ultimately an opportunity for Karges, who overtook Sosna in the fourth round with 63.91m and then threw 65.55m to crown his win in the final round. Ukraine&rsquo;s&nbsp;Mykhailo&nbsp;Brudin took bronze with a PB of 63.30m, while Greece&rsquo;s Dimitrios&nbsp;Pavlidis took fourth in a national U20 record of 61.77m.
The women&rsquo;s high jump saw Estonia&rsquo;s Karmen Bruus live up to her favourite&rsquo;s billing by soaring over 1.95m to take gold, with Britt Weerman taking silver in a Dutch U20 record of 1.93m and Serbia&rsquo;s Angelina Topic third, also clearing 1.93m.&nbsp; 
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High jump winner Karmen Bruus of Estonia at the World Athletics U20 Championships Cali 22 (&copy; Marta Gorczynska)
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Bruus endured some nervous moments after first-time failures at 1.85m and 1.93m left her trailing Topic and Weerman when the bar went up to 1.95m, and after two failures there it looked like she might have to settle for silver or bronze. But with her last attempt she nailed it.&nbsp;
&ldquo;That third attempt was a lot of pressure, but I didn&rsquo;t change anything on it, I just gave all I had,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;And that was enough.&rdquo;
The women&rsquo;s triple jump title went to Uzbekistan&rsquo;s Sharifa Davronova, the 15-year-old&rsquo;s second-round effort of 14.04m a PB and world U20 lead. France&rsquo;s Sohane Aucagos took silver with 13.38m while bronze went to Tiana Boras of Australia with a PB of 13.30m.&nbsp;
In traditional fashion, the championships ended with the 4x400m finals and, also in traditional fashion, USA dominated. Their women&rsquo;s team of Mekenze Kelley, Shawnti Jackson, Akala Garrett and Roisin Willis proved a class apart from their rivals, clocking 3:28.06 to come home well clear of Jamaica (3:31.59) and Britain (3:31.86). 
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 With both Jamaica, Ethiopia and USA all having six gold medals at that point, it meant there was more at stake than usual in the men&rsquo;s 4x400m final that wrapped up the championships.&nbsp;
That went much the same way as the women&rsquo;s race, even if the US quartet of Steven McElroy, Ashton Schwartzman, Charlie Bartholomew and Will Summer wasn&rsquo;t quite as dominant, Summer bringing them home well clear in 3:04.47, with Jamaica second in 3:05.72 and Canada taking bronze in 3:06.50.&nbsp;
It meant USA topped the medal table with seven golds and 15 medals overall, while Jamaica was second and Ethiopia third.&nbsp;
Cathal Dennehy for World Athletics

World Athletics U20 Championships

And there we have it: six superb days, almost 1500 of the world’s best teenage athletes, 136 medals handed out – and one bright future for the sport

Super Cali goes ballistic, athletes are precocious

Elaine Thompson-Herah is no stranger to sprint doubles. Having achieved the feat at the past two Olympic Games, the Jamaican superstar replicated the feat at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Saturday (6).
Three days after winning the 100m crown in a relatively close race, Thompson-Herah won the 200m in dominant fashion, setting a Games record of 22.02 (0.6m/s) and finishing almost half a second ahead of her nearest opponent. Nigeria&rsquo;s Favour Ofili took silver in 22.51 and Olympic silver medallist Christine Mboma earned bronze in 22.80.
Thompson-Herah had a comfortable lead before she reached the home straight, then her winning margin continued to increase as she neared the finish line.
She becomes just the fifth woman to achieve the 100m/200m double at the Commonwealth Games. She could add a third gold medal to her tally at these Games if she contests the 4x100m on Sunday.
Just half an hour before Thompson-Herah&rsquo;s triumph, Jereem Richards won his second international title of the year by taking the men&rsquo;s 200m in a Games record of 19.80.
The versatile sprinter from Trinidad &amp; Tobago, who started his 2022 campaign by winning the world indoor 400m title, stepped back down to his specialist distance to win convincingly from England&rsquo;s Zharnel Hughes (20.12). Ghana&rsquo;s Joseph Amoah was third in 20.49.
Four days after winning the 10,000m &ndash; his first major title on the track &ndash; Uganda&rsquo;s Jacob Kiplimo bagged another gold medal, this time in the 5000m. And once again, it came down to another thrilling finish.
Kiplimo bided his time for the opening kilometres as world silver medallist Jacob Krop led the field through 3000m in 8:01.68. Krop&rsquo;s Kenyan compatriot Nicholas Kimeli, the world leader, passed through 4000m in the lead in 10:41.08 as a gap started to appear between the leading three and the rest of the field.
Kimeli continued to lead for another couple of laps but couldn&rsquo;t shake the challenge of Krop and Kiplimo. Coming off the final bend, all three men kicked hard but Kiplimo proved to be the strongest, powering his way to the finish in a season&rsquo;s best of 13:08.08. Kimeli took silver in 13:08.19 and Krop finished third in 13:08.48.
Australia&rsquo;s Oliver Hoare bounced back from a disappointing semifinals exit at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 to win the men&rsquo;s 1500m, beating world champion Jake Wightman and 2019 world champion Timothy Cheruiyot. Hoare won in style, too, smashing the oldest Games record in a track event.
Cheruiyot and Kenyan teammate Abel Kipsang took turns at the front for most of the race, going through 800m in a swift 1:52.1 and 100m in 2:20.3. Wightman, representing Scotland here, moved into the lead with 200 metres to go and held pole position into the home straight. But, showing signs of fatigue, he was caught in the closing stages first by Cheruiyot and then by a fast-finishing Hoare, who charged past the two global gold medallists to cross the line in a PB of 3:30.12.
The winning time took more than two seconds off Flibert Bayi&rsquo;s Games record of 3:32.16, set at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch &ndash; a performance which was a world record at the time.
Cheruiyot was second in 3:30.21 while Wightman held on for bronze in 3:30.53. In a race of notable depth, the first six men finished inside 3:31.50 and the top 10 were all inside 3:34.0.
&ldquo;It was a very fast race but I have been training for a fast race,&rdquo; said Hoare. &ldquo;It was just about kicking at the right time. I went through on the inside with a lap to go and I saw Jake next to me, and I started to panic because he is the world champion. But I tried to hold my composure.&rdquo;
There was another middle-distance upset later in the day as world bronze medallist Mary Moraa overtook world and Olympic silver medallist Keely Hodgkinson to win the women&rsquo;s 800m.
Adopting unorthodox but ultimately effective tactics, Moraa charged through the first 200m in 25.9 but then slowed significantly once she reached the home straight, allowing Jamaica&rsquo;s Natoya Goule to lead the field through the half-way point in 56.5. With 300 metres to go, Moraa was right at the back of the eight-woman field, while Hodgkinson was on Goule&rsquo;s shoulder and soon moved into the lead.
Hodgkinson entered the straight in pole position with Goule close behind while Moraa had moved onto Laura Muir&rsquo;s shoulder and had found her second wind. Moraa regained the lead with about 35 metres remaining and went on to win in 1:57.07. Hodgkinson followed in 1:57.40 and Muir took bronze in 1:57.87, just 0.01 ahead of Goule.
It was the second gold medal of the day for Kenya, following Abraham Kibiwot&rsquo;s victory in the steeplechase during the morning session. The world and Olympic finalist triumphed in 8:11.15, holding off a strong challenge from India&rsquo;s Avinash Sable, who broke his own national record with 8:11.20.
World silver medallist Camryn Rogers dominated the hammer, though the Canadian had a nervous start to the final after opening with two fouls. She registered a valid throw in round three, though, sending her hammer out to 74.08m. That remained the best throw of the final, though she threw farther in qualifying with a Games record of 74.68m. 2018 champion Julia Ratcliffe was second with 69.63m.
In the men&rsquo;s event, Nick Miller successfully defended his title but he was made to work for it. He overcame fouls with his opening two throws, landed a safe 69.04m effort in round three and then sent his hammer out to 76.43m in round four. Ethan Katzberg of Canada came within seven centimetres of that mark in the next round, but Miller remained in top spot until the end.
Like Miller, Jamaica&rsquo;s Janieve Russell became another back-to-back winner. She retained her 400m hurdles title in 54.14 from compatriot Shiann Salmon (54.47) and at one point it seemed as though Jamaica would achieve a medal sweep, but South Africa&rsquo;s Zeney van der Walt came charging through at the end to overtake Rushell Clayton and take bronze in 54.47, just two thousandths of a second behind Salmon.
Kyron McMaster of the British Virgin Islands also successfully defended his title in the men&rsquo;s event. The 25-year-old won comfortably in 48.93 from Jamaica&rsquo;s Jaheel Hyde (49.78).
On a good day for defending champions, Jemima Montag triumphed in the women&rsquo;s 10,000m race walk. The Australian won by more than a minute in 42:34.30 while India&rsquo;s Priyanka Goswani claimed silver in 43:38.83. Kenya&rsquo;s Emily Ngii took the bronze medal in 43:50.86.
Newly crowned world champion Eleanor Patterson was surprisingly defeated in the women&rsquo;s high jump. The Australian managed a best of 1.92m, 10 centimetres below her winning height in Oregon, while Jamaica&rsquo;s Lamara Distin took gold with 1.95m.
Jon Mulkeen for World Athletics

Jamaican sprinter breaks Games record with 22.02

Thompson-Herah and Kiplimo complete doubles at Commonwealth Games

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce celebrated Jamaican Independence Day by scorching to a world-leading 10.66 (+0.5m/s) in a magnificent display of controlled speed to win the women&rsquo;s 100m at the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial &ndash; a last-minute addition to the 2022 Wanda Diamond League calendar &ndash; in Silesia on Saturday (6).
In the stadium known locally as &lsquo;The Witches Cauldron&rsquo;, persistent rain couldn&rsquo;t prevent some of the world&rsquo;s premier athletes from conjuring their special brand of magic, as Mondo Duplantis also produced another spellbinding performance.
It was the first ever Diamond League meeting to take place in Poland and it did not disappoint with nine meeting records, a Diamond League record and six Polish all-comers&rsquo; records.
Jamaican legend Fraser-Pryce, who has won five world titles and two Olympic gold medals over 100m, showed she has lost none of her edge since the World Athletics Championships Oregon22, running clear of a world-class field for her second Diamond League meeting victory of the year, following Paris in June.
&ldquo;I always come into races expecting to run fast,&rdquo; said the ebullient sprinter. &ldquo;Last year I set a meeting record here, now it is a Diamond League and it is a lot more competitive with many top athletes. I came here prepared for it to be cold or raining, but it was not so bad, it actually got warmer later in the day.
&ldquo;Last year I felt a lot of pressure on me and this year I decided to just have fun,&rdquo; she added. &ldquo;It is amazing to be this consistent. I am always excited to compete and see what I can do.&rdquo;
USA&rsquo;s Aleia Hobbs was second in 10.94 and Ivory Coast&rsquo;s Marie-Jos&eacute;e Ta Lou was third in 11.00.
Another athlete well used to firsts is world and Olympic pole vault champion Mondo Duplantis. Fresh from his world record-breaking exploits in Eugene, the Swede looked like an athlete at the very peak of his powers, as the opposition slipped away in the rain.
In his second vault of the competition, he cleared 5.83m and was already the last man standing. To the delight of the crowd, he made a first-time clearance at 6.00m. He then targeted an outdoor all-comers&rsquo; record of 6.10m and although the bar wobbled, he succeeded at the third attempt to thrill an appreciative audience.
He bowed out there, having done more than enough in less-than-ideal conditions. &ldquo;It is a little unfortunate with the weather, because the last two days the weather was like 32 degrees, sunny and warm. But it is what it is.
&ldquo;It would be nice to have that today. But I like the way I was able to jump today. I do not think I could have jumped very much higher today. I did not have enough speed to get even higher. The last one I had, it was a really good technical jump. I cannot complain at all. I am only a human and I am doing what I was able to do today.
&ldquo;I wasn&rsquo;t on a stiff enough pole (to go higher),&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a pole I am surprised I could make 6.10m on. It&rsquo;s the highest I have ever made on that pole. I got everything out of that pole and what the day gave me.&rdquo;
Norway&rsquo;s Sondre Gottormsen and world bronze medallist Ernest John Obiena of the Philippines were second and third, both clearing 5.73m.
The hammer competitions were poignant events, as the meeting is named in honour of Poland&rsquo;s 2000 Olympic champion Kamila Skolimowksa who died suddenly and prematurely in 2009. And the moment was not lost on men&rsquo;s winner Pavel Fajdek, the five-time world champion who has hit a rich vein of form after retaining his title in Eugene.
He uncorked a second-round throw of 81.27m, a Diamond League record and his second-best throw of the season to claim victory from Olympic champion and Polish teammate Wojciech Nowicki, whose best was a fourth-round throw of 79.19m. Frances Quentin Bigot was third with 78.83m
&ldquo;I have been competing in a lot of Diamond League competitions, but this one is special,&rdquo; said Fajdek. &ldquo;It is most important especially for Kamila Skolimowska who is in our hearts, so we always try to give our best here.
He was said the conditions were not an issue for him. &ldquo;As a kid I trained in all weather, whether it was raining or snowing or when it was really hot, so I am prepared for any conditions. The rain can never make me worse. I even throw better when it is raining!&rdquo;
The two hammer competitions took place simultaneously in the same circle, alternating between men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s throwers.
With home favourite and triple Olympic champion Anita Wlodarczyk missing the bulk of this season with a thigh injury, USA&rsquo;s Brooke Andersen has filled the void as world champion and world leader in the women&rsquo;s discipline.&nbsp;
She initially struggled to adapt to the weather and format, but managed to find her form in the final round. She landed the hammer at 75.76m to see off compatriot and world bronze medallist Janee Kassanavoid whose best was a second-round throw of 74.89m. Poland&rsquo;s Olympic bronze medallist Malwina Kopron was third with 70.37m.&nbsp;
&ldquo;It was a very exciting competition,&rdquo; said Andersen. &ldquo;In the last round I finally managed to be more patient and focused. I was kind of rushing during the whole competition. It was kind of frustrating. Once I finally realised it, everything was okay.
&ldquo;This is actually first time I have competed in a mixed competition like this,&rdquo; she added. &ldquo;When you see these guys throwing 80 metres, of course, you also want to throw the same or just get close to it. It makes you try harder, it was very exciting.&rdquo; 
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 Newly-crowned world champion Alison Dos Santos oozed confidence as he took the men&rsquo;s 400m hurdles in a meeting record. World Championships fifth-place finisher Khallifah Rosser of the USA made a race of it to the home straight, but Dos Santos charged away from the penultimate hurdle to win in a Polish all-comers&rsquo; record of 47.80, licking his lips as he crossed the line.&nbsp;
Rosser was a 0.5 adrift in second with France&rsquo;s Wilfried Happio, fourth in Eugene, third here in 48.74.&nbsp;
The flat 400m races also produced meeting records.
In the men&rsquo;s race, world gold and silver medallists Michael Norman and Kirani James renewed their rivalry. Norman ran a confident race, leading at 200m and not letting up until he crossed the line in a Polish all-comers&rsquo; record of 44.11, 0.44 clear of James. USA&rsquo;s Bryce Deadmon was third in 44.68. 
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 Netherland&rsquo;s Femke Bol produced a storming run to win the women&rsquo;s race, bagging her first ever sub-50-second run on the flat.&nbsp;
The world silver medallist over 400m hurdles showed superb speed to win in 49.75 for a national and meeting record. It helped propel Natalia Kaczmarek to her first run under 50 seconds too, as she finished second in 49.86. Third place went to Candice McLeod in 50.22.&nbsp;
In the women&rsquo;s 100m hurdles, Olympic champion and world bronze medallist Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico got back to winning ways. Despite trailing at halfway, she delivered her customary strong finish and outdipped world record-holder Kendra Harrison to win in a Polish all-comers&rsquo; record of 12.34 (+0.8m/s).
Harrison was just 0.03 behind with fellow US hurdler Tia Jones running a lifetime best of 12.49 in third.
In the men&rsquo;s long jump, Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece was another Olympic gold medallist looking to go one better than his second place in Eugene. And it was mission accomplished as he set a meeting record of 8.13m in the fifth round.
In the men&rsquo;s triple jump, Andy Diaz got the better of several global medallists, winning with a second-round best of 17.53m. World and Olympic champion Pedro Pichardo managed a best of 17.29m for second place and Olympic silver medallist Zhu Yaming of China leapt 17.25m to place third.
There was a slight surprise in the women&rsquo;s 1500m as world 5000m champion Gudaf Tsegay was beaten by Ethiopian teammate Diribe Welteji, the fourth-place finisher over 800m at the recent World Championships. 
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 The Ethiopians were well clear with two laps to go, but Tsegay was unable to shake Welteji, the 2018 world U20 800m champion. As they entered the home straight, Welteji made the decisive move and strode away to win in 3:56.91, a meeting record and personal best by more than two seconds. Tsegay was second in 3:58.81 and their fellow Ethiopian Hirut Meshesha was third in 4:00.93.&nbsp;
World champion Shericka Jackson logged yet another impressive victory as the Jamaican won the women&rsquo;s 200m with plenty in hand in 21.84, yet another Polish all-comers&rsquo; record. The speed endurance of world 400m champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo came to the fore and she finished strongly to take second in 22.35 ahead of USA&rsquo;s Jenna Prandini in 22.39.
&ldquo;The race went according to plan,&rdquo; said Jackson. &ldquo;I just wanted to execute, focus on my lane and not look at what my rivals were doing. I approach all my races like that. I am not thinking about the world record. I just try to do my best; if it comes, it comes.&rdquo;
There was yet another meeting record in the women&rsquo;s shot with world champion Chase Ealey of USA landing a mighty 20.38m third-round throw. World bronze medallist Jessica Schilder scored a Dutch record with 19.84m in second, with Canada&rsquo;s new Commonwealth Games winner Sarah Mitton third with 19.44m.
&ldquo;After the World Championships I felt it would be hard to be in top shape so soon, but I&acute;m happy I was able to turn around so fast and come right back to my best,&rdquo; commented Ealey. &ldquo;I remain motivated and I want to break the American record at the Diamond League final. The ring was still wet after the rain today, but the conditions were not a big problem.
&ldquo;I have always enjoyed coming here. The atmosphere is very vibrant and the audience know the throws.&rdquo;
World silver medallist Joe Kovacs left it late to win the men&rsquo;s shot. His final-round throw of 21.79m just got the better of Tom Walsh &ndash; who travelled through the night to get to Silesia after winning the Commonwealth title in Birmingham yesterday &ndash; by nine centimetres. World bronze medallist Josh Awotunde was third again with a best of 21.35m.&nbsp;&nbsp;
In the men&rsquo;s 100m, world bronze medallist Trayvon Bromell got the better of US teammate and world silver medallist Mavin Bracy-Williams, clocking 9.95 to 10.00. In a photo finish, Ackeem Blake of Jamaica was third, sharing 10.00 dead.
In the men&rsquo;s 800m, world and Olympic champion Emmanuel Korir of Kenya was severely tested. Running wide and fifth into the home straight, he left himself a lot to do. But straining every sinew, he edged past compatriot Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich in the closing strides to win by 0.04 in 1:45.72. 
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 Double Olympic champion Sifan Hassan bounced back from her World Championships disappointments to win the women&rsquo;s 3000m. Running within the pack, she made her move with 250 metres to go, taking over from long-time leader Ejgayehu Taye of Ethiopia. Looking strong and focused, she added a second kick with 100 metres to go and eased clear to win in 8:39.27.&nbsp;
World indoor bronze medallist Taye held off world 10,000m bronze medallist Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi for second place in 8:40.14.
The women&rsquo;s javelin was won by world bronze medallist Haruka Kitaguchi of Japan with a dramatic final-round throw of 65.10m to snatch victory from evergreen double Olympic champion Barbora Spotakova, the Czech&rsquo;s best being an opening round 62.29m.
In the men&rsquo;s event, Olympic silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch of the Czech Republic won with a fourth-round throw of 86.68m. Germany&rsquo;s Julian Weber and USA&rsquo;s Curtis Thompson took second and third with 84.94m and 82.39m respectively.
The women&rsquo;s high jump was won by Uzbekistan&rsquo;s Safina Sadullayeva, taking a surprise win on countback over world silver medallist Yaroslava Mahuchikh, both clearing 1.92m.
Chris Broadbent for World Athletics

Five-time world champion runs the fastest 100m of the year

Fraser-Pryce flies to world-leading 10.66 in Silesia

Six days of competition featuring some 1500 athletes from around 140 teams and there&rsquo;s now just one final session to be held at the World Athletics U20 Championships Cali 22.
Ten sets of medals are up for grabs on Saturday (6), the men&rsquo;s discus final kicking things off at 3:30pm local time and the men&rsquo;s 4x400m final bringing things to a close at 5:43pm.
Here are just three of those events to watch out for.
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<h2>Hill and James go head-to-head</h2>
Kerrica Hill finished seventh in the 100m final at last year&rsquo;s World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi but this time the 17-year-old is going for gold in the 100m hurdles. She was just 0.02 off the championship record in the semifinals, clocking a world U20-leading PB of 12.87, and entered the championships as quickest thanks to her 12.98 to win the Jamaican U20 title.
But victory won&rsquo;t be a walk in the park. In the next semifinal in Cali, her compatriot Alexis James improved her PB to 12.94, dipping under 13 seconds for the first time, to set up an exciting Jamaican head-to-head.
Hungary&rsquo;s Anna Toth set a national U20 record of 13.23 last month and improved it to 13.16 to finish second behind Hill in their semifinal, while US U20 champion Jalaysiya Smith will also look to challenge for a medal, having won her semifinal in 13.20.
<h2>High hopes for Bruus and Topic&nbsp;</h2>
Estonia&rsquo;s Karmen Bruus and Serbia&rsquo;s Angelina Topic have both equalled the world U18 best of 1.96m this year and will be hoping to take that form through to the high jump final in Cali, to contend for the crown.
Bruus achieved her mark at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22, as one of 15 athletes doing the Oregon and Cali double this season. The clearance also matched the senior Estonian record and she had earlier jumped a PB of 1.93m just to make it to the final. 
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Karmen Bruus competes in the high jump final at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 (&copy; Getty Images)
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For Topic, her 1.96m came at the Serbian Championships in June and she also jumped 1.95m in Athens at the start of that month, plus 1.93m in Kraljevo in May.
Topic also won the European U18 title in Jerusalem in July, clearing 1.92m, as Bruus finished seventh with 1.75m. Now the 17-year-olds will look to push each other to new heights.
Britt Weerman of the Netherlands is just 1cm behind them when it comes to PBs, the 19-year-old breaking the senior national record with 1.95m in Belgium last month. She won the European U20 title last year, a competition in which Elisabeth Pihela claimed bronze, and the 18-year-old Estonian also joins them in the final.
<h2>4x400m finals bring competition to a close</h2>
The last events on the track are the 4x400m finals, and both look set to be highly competitive.
The US team topped the heats in the women&rsquo;s competition, Mekenze Kelley, Madison Whyte, Zaya Akins and Kennedy Wade combining to clock a 3:32.94 season&rsquo;s best and win their race ahead of Canada with 3:33.98. The Jamaican team clocked 3:34.92 to win their heat, and that quartet didn&rsquo;t include Dejanea Oakley, who finished fifth in the individual final. There was a national U20 record of 3:34.10 for Finland, seeing them win the third semifinal ahead of India, whose team included 400m bronze medallist Rupal who helped them to a 3:34.18 national U20 record.
Britain&rsquo;s squad for the final may include the 400m champion in Cali, Yemi Mary John. Joining them are Australia and Germany.
USA, Jamaica and Japan were the heat winners in the men&rsquo;s event and the final could come down to a clash between those three nations. USA has individual 400m silver medallist Steven McElroy to call on, while Jamaica has sixth-place finisher Shaemar Uter. It was Japan that went quickest overall in the first round, clocking a season&rsquo;s best of 3:07.25, while Jamaica ran 3:07.32 and USA 3:07.82. They&rsquo;ll be joined in the final by France, Czech Republic, Spain, Canada and South Africa, with 400m winner Lythe Pillay helping his team to qualify.
Jess Whittington for World Athletics

Six days of competition featuring some 1500 athletes from around 140 teams and there’s now just one final session to be held

Three things to watch on day six in Cali: all good things must come to an end

One jump was all it took. Breaking the championship record in the first round of the final, Jamaica&rsquo;s Jaydon Hibbert claimed the triple jump crown in superb style on the penultimate day of the World Athletics U20 Championships Cali 22 on Friday (5).
The 17-year-old secured silver at the last edition of the World U20 Championships in Nairobi last year and was favourite to go one better in Cali. But the manner in which he did that left him stunned. After landing in the sand, he leapt straight back up and glanced at the pit, grabbing his head in shock as he saw how far he had travelled. Collapsing to the track, still with his head in his hands, he waited for the measurement. When it showed &ndash; a 17.27m championship record &ndash; he was overcome with emotion.
Understandably so. The mark &ndash; a PB by 61cm &ndash; puts him second on the world U18 all-time list and makes him the equal eighth best U20 athlete in the history of the event. Only one other Jamaican &ndash; Olympic and world long jump silver medallist James Beckford &ndash; has ever gone farther with his 17.92m national record set in 1995.
The competition for gold was all but over. Returning to the runway, Hibbert backed up that 17.27m (0.0m/s) leap with 16.82m (-0.2m/s) in the second round, and then decided to call it a day knowing that he must surely have done enough.
He won by more than a metre. With the gold decided, there was a close battle for silver - &nbsp;Hibbert&rsquo;s fellow 17-year-old Selva P. Thirumaran of India clinching it with a 16.15m PB, two centimetres ahead of Estonia&rsquo;s Viktor Morozov, the 18-year-old who also claimed European U20 bronze last year.
New Zealand&rsquo;s Ethan Olivier finished fourth with 16.03m and again just two centimetres separated him from the next best, USA&rsquo;s Floyd Whitaker finishing fifth with a 16.01m PB.
&ldquo;Right now, I can't even soak it up. I didn't see this coming, I'm speechless,&rdquo; said Hibbert, who will&nbsp;still be young enough to compete at the 2024 World U20 Championships in Lima, Peru. &ldquo;This was a big surprise because I actually came to the competition with a knee pain and I didn't even have a proper run up today. So, wow.&rdquo;
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 Prior to Cali, Jamaica had never claimed gold in a jumps event at the World U20 Championships. Now the nation has two, Brandon Pottinger dealing best with the challenging conditions to win the high jump. The 18-year-old hadn&rsquo;t been among the favourites going into the championships, but that meant nothing come competition day, when the weather added another dimension to the contest.
Entering at 2.05m, the Jamaican U20 champion needed two attempts to make it over that opening height, but then soared clear at 2.10m on the first time of asking. The competition was paused at that point, as a storm passed over the Pascual Guerrero Olympic Stadium. Six athletes remained in contention &ndash; Pottinger joined by South African favourite Brian Raats, Bulgarian U20 champion Bozhidar Saraboyukov, Martin Lefevre of France, Yeh Po-Ting of Chinese Taipei and Hungary&rsquo;s Matyas Guth.
The next height proved a challenge for all but Pottinger. As athletes returned to the field of play with the bar at 2.14m, one by one they knocked it down. But as he did for his opening height, the Jamaican soared over it on his second try and that would prove to be the winning clearance.
With both Raats, who has cleared 2.26m this year, and Saraboyukov having perfect records up to their eventual bests of 2.10m, they could not be separated and so shared the silver.
<h2>Mitkova wins long jump, Linares secures silver&nbsp;</h2>
Bulgaria&rsquo;s 17-year-old Plamena Mitkova soared a PB when it mattered the most, leaping 6.66m to deny local favourite Natalia Linares a long jump victory in front of a passionate home crowd.
In an exciting final, Linares&rsquo; years of preparation for the moment were rewarded with silver, while Italy&rsquo;s Marta Amouhin Amani achieved bronze.
Opening with 6.19m and then fouling in the next round, it was with her third jump that Bulgarian champion Mitkova really made a statement. As the mark of 6.66m (0.2m/s) flashed up on the scoreboard, she jumped into the top spot, and that&rsquo;s where she stayed.
Linares, competing with the flag of her nation painted on her left cheek, had set a South American U20 record of 6.68m in July and it was going to take a similar jump to gain her the gold in Cali. The 19-year-old opened with 5.82m and improved with each of her next three jumps, as the rain continued to pour. Her 6.33m in the third round, met with huge cheers, moved her into silver medal position.
As the weather got worse, it made it harder for athletes to attack Mitkova&rsquo;s third-round leading leap, although Linares did improve to her eventual silver medal-winning 6.59m (0.1m/s) in the fourth round.
Amani had taken the early lead, leaping 6.24m in the first round. As her rivals surpassed it she tried to respond, but couldn&rsquo;t. Until the final round. Saving a lifetime best until last, she jumped 6.52m &ndash; a 1cm PB &ndash; to leap into bronze medal position.
With the silver secured, Linares went for the win. Her final leap was recorded as 6.52m. Mitkova rounded out her series with 6.57m and then two fouls but it didn&rsquo;t matter, she had won the gold with a mark just 16cm off the championship record set by Fiona May in 1988. 
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 &ldquo;I can't breathe from happiness,&rdquo; said Mitkova. &ldquo;Everything went according to plan in the competition, but I think I can jump further. This medal is a big confidence boost.&rdquo;
Linares was also delighted with her silver. &ldquo;I'm so happy. We were expecting the gold medal, but I'm completely proud of the work we have done. This is a silver medal with the taste of a gold one,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;Now, like a good Vallenata (a person from Valledupar, Colombia) I'm proudly wearing my &lsquo;sombrero vueltiao&rsquo; (a traditional hat in Valledupar) and I just want to thank all Colombians and especially the people from Cali that showed up today. In every attempt that I had, it almost felt like this stadium was about to fall down, the support was amazing.&rdquo;
<h2>Favourite Felfner gets gold&nbsp;</h2>
Ukraine&rsquo;s Artur Felfner secured silver as a 17-year-old at last year&rsquo;s world U20 event in Nairobi, also claiming the 2021 European U20 title, and now he has a global gold.
The now 18-year-old, who has spent the past few months based in Portugal and Finland due to the conflict in his home country, achieved the fourth-best mark of his career, in a year that has seen him take his personal best to a national U20 record and world U20 lead of 84.32m.
Felfner had trailed German U20 champion Max Dehning after the 17-year-old threw 77.24m in the second round, but the world U20 leader took command in the fifth round when he launched the implement 79.36m. Dehning was unable to respond, his 77.24m getting him silver, while bronze was bagged by Bahamian Keyshawn Strachan, last year&rsquo;s seventh-place finisher, who threw 72.95m. India&rsquo;s Vivek Kumar finished fourth with a 72.17m PB, while Eleftherios Kontonikolas of Cyprus was fifth with 72.11m.
&ldquo;My goal was throwing over 80 metres. Today wasn't the day, but I feel so proud because the gold medal was also my goal,&rdquo; said Felfner, who is also targeting the European Championships later this month. &ldquo;This is huge. Right now my country is in war, so I do believe this is kind of a happiness in the middle of everything. It's a good motivation.&rdquo;
Rachele Mori was another athlete to live up to her favourite status on day five of the championships. With the Italian U20 record of 68.04m she threw in Lucca in May, the 19-year-old led the entries for Cali by more than two metres and she ended up winning by almost four-and-a-half.
Mori had thrown 62.97m to take the lead in the second round of the competition but then the event was suspended because of the weather. When it resumed a few hours later, she improved with each of her next three throws, first to 63.82m, then 65.84m and finally 67.21m in the fifth round. Any of those marks would have been enough to win, Mexico&rsquo;s Paola Bueno Calvillo her closest rival with 62.74m in the last round to build on her second-round 62.06m, and Japan&rsquo;s Raika Murakami throwing 61.45m for bronze.
Two other athletes went beyond 61 metres - Valentina Savva of Cyprus throwing 61.17m and Villo Viszkeleti of Hungary recording 61.11m.
Jess Whittington for World Athletics

One jump was all it took

Hibbert springs triple jump stunner to win world U20 title in Cali

On an evening when lightning bolts filled the sky, when the crackle of thunder was echoing around Cali, a horde of young Jamaican women brought their own electrical storm to the Pascual Guerrero Stadium, shattering the world U20 4x100m record in 42.59 scintillating seconds.&nbsp;
Along with their compatriot Brianna Lyston powering to 200m gold in 22.65 (0.0m/s), and teammate Alana Reid taking bronze, it was proof &ndash; as if needed &ndash; that the future of women&rsquo;s sprinting could reside in Kingston.&nbsp;
It&rsquo;s now 20 years since Usain Bolt announced his talent to the world at these championships when it was staged in the Jamaican capital, and it&rsquo;s 14 years since Bolt first broke the men&rsquo;s 100m world record in the wake of a lightning storm in New York.&nbsp;
But here at the&nbsp;World Athletics U20 Championships Cali 22 on Friday (5), following an hour-long delay to the programme due to a torrential downpour, four young women from the same nation followed in his giant footsteps. Serena Cole, Tina Clayton, Kerrica Hill and Tia Clayton didn&rsquo;t get the baton around with perfect execution &ndash; with Clayton almost running into the back of Hill at the second exchange &ndash; but when you sprint like they can, such things matter very little.&nbsp; 
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 They obliterated their opposition, coming home several metres clear of USA, who set a national U20 record of 43.28 in second, while Colombia delighted the home crowd by taking bronze in 43.28. The previous record was the 42.94 Jamaica ran to win the world U20 title in Nairobi last year, while they also clocked 42.58 to win the Carifta Games title in April, which was not ratified as a world record due to all four team members not being drug tested the day of the race. &nbsp;
Earlier in the night, Lyston had shown her potential to be a senior star of Jamaican sprinting when flying to victory over 200m in 22.65 (0.0m/s), with USA&rsquo;s Jayla Jamison taking silver in a PB of 22.77 and Jamaica&rsquo;s Alana Reid taking bronze in a PB of 22.95. 
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 Lyston, 18, had endured heartbreak at the last edition of these championships in Nairobi, where she was disqualified in the 200m final for a lane infringement. &ldquo;It was really hard, I broke down after the race when I heard the news,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;Since I stepped on the line, I tried my best in training not to do it again. I told myself I would come back, train hard, and accomplish this.&rdquo;
She was the clear favourite for the 200m final, coming significantly ahead of the field on season&rsquo;s bests, though her nerves weren&rsquo;t helped by the delay in the programme due to the thunderstorm.
&ldquo;When we were in the call room we were pretty nervous, we never had a delay this long, but we did our best to stay warm and keep our mental health intact,&rdquo; said Lyston, who is coached by Corey Bennett at Hydel High School and whose role model in the sport is Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. Lyston dedicated the victory to her mother.
Elsewhere, Turkey continued its fabulous Friday with victory in the men&rsquo;s 400m hurdles, with Ismail Nezir setting a national U20 record of 48.84 to make it the second gold of the day for his nation after this morning&rsquo;s 10,000m men&rsquo;s race walk &ndash; that&rsquo;s the same number of medals Turkey had won in the entire history of the championships before this week.&nbsp;
Having only advanced to the final as a non-automatic qualifier, Slovenia&rsquo;s Matic Ian Gucek very nearly pulled off a huge upset from lane one, the 18-year-old finishing second in a national U20 record of 48.91, having run Nezir all the way to the line. Jamaica&rsquo;s Roshawn Clarke third in 49.62.&nbsp;
&ldquo;The whole year I&rsquo;ve been preparing for this race, it was my dream all season,&rdquo; said Nezir, who is based in Izmir. &ldquo;We came to win and I was pretty sure I would. I saw the Slovenian guy in the first lane off the last hurdle and I had to attack and give my best to get the gold medal.&rdquo;
As for what his future holds? &ldquo;I want to be Olympic champion,&rdquo; said Nezir.&nbsp; 
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 The men&rsquo;s 3000m saw a superb performance from Ethiopia&rsquo;s Melkeneh Azize, who followed a relatively suicidal pace from the outset (57.72 at 400m, 2:00.67 at 800m) laid down by Uganda&rsquo;s Dan Kibet, but Azize was strong enough to last, powering away to win in 7:44.06, with Kenyan duo Felix Kiptarus Korir (7:47.86) and Edwin Kimosong Kisalsak (7:49.82) taking silver and bronze.&nbsp;
&ldquo;This is a huge honour,&rdquo; said Azize. &ldquo;I want to say congratulations to my country with this medal. The race was great. All of Cali, the supporters in this stadium, I want to say thank you. This is a beautiful country.&rdquo;
There was drama in the men&rsquo;s 4x100 as race winners South Africa saw the gold medal snatched away from them in the minutes after the race due to lane infringements by lead-off runner Mukhethwa Tshifura. That meant the initial runners-up, Japan &ndash; Kowa Ikeshita, Hiroto Fujiwara, Shunki Tatento and Hiroki Yanagita &ndash; claimed gold in 39.35 ahead of Jamaica (39.35), with just two thousandths of a second between them. USA took bronze in 39.57.&nbsp;
Elsewhere, the men&rsquo;s 800m semifinals played out during a heavy downpour and the races threw up their usual close contests. Ethiopia&rsquo;s Ermias Girma showed impressive form &ndash; the kind that could see him better his runner-up finish in the 1500m earlier this week &ndash; to win the first semifinal in 1:47.96, with Britain&rsquo;s Ethan Hussey second in 1:48.18. Algeria&rsquo;s Heithem Chenitee produced a fast finish to take the second semifinal in 1:48.55 ahead of Poland&rsquo;s Kacper Lewalski (1:48.76), while the third semifinal &ndash; staged in the heaviest rain &ndash; was quickest of all, with Kenya&rsquo;s Noah Kibet clocking 1:46.37 to beat Britain&rsquo;s Samuel Reardon (1:46.80). Ethiopia&rsquo;s Mersimoi Kasahun (1:46.95) and New Zealand&rsquo;s James Harding (1:48.00) also advanced on time.&nbsp;
Meanwhile, Jamaica looks poised to strike more gold in the women&rsquo;s 100m hurdles, where Kerrica Hill and Alexis James turned in dominant performances to win their respective semifinals.&nbsp;
Hill clocked a world U20 lead of 12.87 (0.0m/s) to come home clear of Anna Toth, who set a national U20 record of 13.16. James set a PB of 12.94 (0.4m/s) ahead of Spain&rsquo;s Paula Blanquer, who set a national U20 record of 13.34 just ahead of India&rsquo;s Nandini Agasara, who also set a national U20 record of 13.34 to advance. USA&rsquo;s Jalaysiya Smith won her semifinal in 13.20 (0.2m/s) ahead of Germany&rsquo;s Hawa Jalloh (13.33) with Switzerland&rsquo;s Valerie Guignard setting a PB of 13.41 in third to also qualify.&nbsp;
Cathal Dennehy for World Athletics

On an evening when lightning bolts filled the sky, a horde of young Jamaican women brought their own electrical storm to the Pascual Guerrero Stadium

Jamaica storms to world U20 4x100m record in Cali

Shot putter Tom Walsh of New Zealand and Grenadian decathlete Lindon Victor successfully defended their titles on the fourth day of stadium track and field action at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Friday (5).
Walsh, fired up by missing out on a medal by one place at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22, made his intentions known from the outset and opened with 21.98m. That mark would have ultimately been enough to win, but the 2017 world champion produced a consistent series and ended with a best of 22.26m in the final round &ndash; better than his winning throw from 2018.
Compatriot Jacko Gill ensured a New Zealand 1-2 finish, setting a PB of 21.90m for silver. Scott Lincoln, representing England, took bronze with 20.57m.
Like Walsh, Jamaican triple jumper Shanieka Ricketts put down a big marker in the first round. The two-time world silver medallist bounded out to a Games record of 14.94m with her opening jump of the competition.
In fact, the medal positions were decided in the first round as Thea LaFond opened with 14.39m, ultimately enough for silver, and England&rsquo;s Naomi Metzger started her series with 14.32m and improved to 14.37m to secure bronze.
While Walsh and Ricketts won their disciplines with relative ease, the decathlon became a thrilling three-way battle between Victor and Australian duo Cedric Dubler and Daniel Golubovic.
Victor led from the outset, thanks to a 10.76 clocking in the 100m, but was put under pressure by Dubler for most of the competition. The duo had the same number of points after the long jump, but Victor pulled ahead thanks to a 15.48m shot put. Dubler narrowed the gap after clearing 2.06m in the high jump and running 48.47 in the 400m, then the Australian took the lead after the first event of the second day, courtesy of a 14.20 run in the 110m hurdles.
Victor regained the lead after the discus (46.54m) but Golubovic moved into the top three with his 49.85m effort. Dubler once again took the lead after clearing 5.00m in the pole vault, but Victor and Golubovic were still close behind. A 65.16m javelin throw gave Victor a 161-point lead going into the 1500m, but it wasn&rsquo;t inconceivable that Dubler and Golubovic &ndash; both superior 1500m runners to Victor &ndash; could make up most of that deficit.
Golubovic led the 1500m from start to finish and crossed the line way ahead of his rivals, clocking 4:30.95. Dubler followed 20 seconds later, then Victor staggered over the line in 4:51.60 &ndash; just enough to hold on to pole position. The Grenadian won with a score of 8233 with Golubovic taking silver (8197) and Dubler bronze (8080).
In the women&rsquo;s 3000m steeplechase, Kenya&rsquo;s Jackline Chepkoech upstaged Olympic champion Peruth Chemutai after the Ugandan hit a barrier on the penultimate lap. Chemutai got back up, but was overtaken by England&rsquo;s Liz Bird on the last lap, while Chepkoech was away and gone, charging home to win in a Games record of 9:15.68.
Bird clocked a PB of 9:17.79 for silver while Chemutai held on for bronze in 9:23.24.
The evening session on Thursday (4) reached a peak with the men&rsquo;s 110m hurdles final. Despite the late withdrawal of Olympic champion Hansle Parchment, the title remained in Jamaican possession as Rasheed Broadbell sped to victory in 13.08, equalling the Games record that had stood to Colin Jackson since 1990.
It was a lifetime best for the 21-year-old, who won comfortably from Shane Brathwaite of Barbados (13.30) and 2018 world indoor champion Andrew Pozzi (13.37).
In one of the closest contests of the Games so far, just three centimetres separated the top four finishers in the men&rsquo;s long jump. Laquan Nairn of The Bahamas won on countback from India&rsquo;s Sreeshankar, both men leaping a best of 8.08m. South Africa&rsquo;s Jovan van Vuuren earned bronze with 8.06m, just one centimetre ahead of Jamaica&rsquo;s Shawn-D Thompson.
Jon Mulkeen for World Athletics

Walsh throws 22.26m, Ricketts leaps 14.94m

Walsh and Victor retain Commonwealth titles, Ricketts and Chepkoech set Games records

Mexico&rsquo;s Karla Ximena Serrano and Mazlum Demir of Turkey captured the 10,000m race walk titles in two exhilarating finals filled with drama on the fifth morning of action at the World Athletics U20 Championships Cali 22 on Friday (5).
Serrano claimed the women&rsquo;s title in a nail-biting finish against Ai Ooyama of Japan - the pair separated by less than a tenth of a second in a battle to the end.&nbsp;
Eighteen-year-old Serrano spectacularly improved her lifetime best in the process by almost two and half minutes to 46:24.35, while Ooyama &ndash; aged only 16 &ndash; made a superb track debut, following an impressive 45:19 on the roads recently.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Her Japanese teammate Ayane Yanai initially finished in fourth place but the 18-year-old was upgraded to the bronze medal position following Australia&rsquo;s Olivia Sandery&rsquo;s one-minute penalty for making three technical mistakes in the race - Yanai clocking 46:43.07 to her rival&rsquo;s 47:37.85.&nbsp; 
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 The 19-year-old Sandery finished fifth in March&rsquo;s World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships in Muscat and registered a fine 45:24.1 personal best in January &ndash; the fastest time in the world this year &ndash; so missing a medal will come as a disappointment to the Australian athlete.
Ukraine&rsquo;s 18-year-old Valeriya Sholomitska &ndash; fourth in this event in the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi and also fourth in Muscat &ndash; was timed at 47:40.67 for fifth. Since fleeing her home country earlier this year, she has been training and racing in different locations around the world.
"I was expecting this win, we always come in positive and I completely trust in my skills. We came in prepared," said&nbsp;Serrano. "The last few seconds of the race were so hard, I thought I was going to come second and honestly, I don&rsquo;t know where that finish came from, it was amazing.
"We have had some Mexican teammates winning this season so today, we didn&rsquo;t have an easy assignment, we had pressure on us because they led a road for all of us coming next. I just thought, if all Latin-Americans are supporting me, then I have to give them an amazing performance, and so I did. Also, I felt really good on Cali&rsquo;s track and the people here are warm and so nice."
In the men&rsquo;s race, Demir &ndash; who led for several kilometres at the World Race Walking Team Championships before fading and eventually finishing 11th &ndash; lived up to his billing as the fastest man in the field to comfortably claim the 25-lap win. 
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Mazlum Demir of Turkey celebrates his world U20 10,000m race walk win in Cali (&copy; Marta Gorczynska)
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Six weeks after walking to a 40:42.09 national U20 record, the 18-year-old improved on his sixth-place finish from Nairobi to grab the gold medal in 42:36.02, as Algeria&rsquo;s Ismail Benhammouda, 19, collected the silver with 42:42.49.
Demir&rsquo;s compatriot, Hayrettin Yildiz, narrowly claimed the bronze medal with a tight finish against Oussama Farhat of Tunisia - the 18-year-old crossing the line in 43:07.95 to the 17-year-old&rsquo;s 43:20.84 lifetime best.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Colombia&rsquo;s big hope Mateo Romero was heartbreakingly sent to the &lsquo;sin bin&rsquo; with only 500m remaining, losing his medal position to eventually finish 12th in 44:21.40, as Kenya&rsquo;s Heristone Wanyonyi &ndash; the surprise winner of this title in Nairobi last year &ndash; was disqualified.&nbsp;
"Coming here as a world leader, I was used to this but I managed my stress and became a world champion," said&nbsp;Demir. "And my training partner and my teammate is on the podium. It's a great honour for my country, because we made history. We've never had two medallists in one event. We came here fit and managed to get two medals."
<h2 dir="ltr">Final places decided for 4x400m</h2>
The US quartet were impressive in qualifying for the women&rsquo;s 4x400m final on Saturday, clocking a 3:32.94 season&rsquo;s best as the Canadian team registered a 3:33.98 2022 best to progress as the second-fastest team in the field.&nbsp;
Finland surprised with a 3:34.10 national U20 record as the third-quickest qualifiers, while India also set a national U20 record of 3:34.18 - with Cali 400m bronze medallist Rupal assisting on their anchor leg. Jamaica reached the final with a 3:34.92 season&rsquo;s best.&nbsp;&nbsp;
The men&rsquo;s 4x400m heats were led by the Japanese squad with a 3:07.25 season&rsquo;s best, as the Jamaican quartet also progressed to Saturday afternoon&rsquo;s final with a 3:07.32 season&rsquo;s best mark.
The Czech Republic team registered a 3:07.48 national U20 record to move forward, while Spain and the USA also impressed with 3:07.58 and 3:07.82 season&rsquo;s best times, respectively.&nbsp;
World U20 record-holder Mika Sosna qualified for Saturday's men's discus final, with Germany's 19-year-old reaching 61.00m.
But the man to qualify with the farthest throw was Mykhailo Brudin of Ukraine - the 18-year-old European U18 champion launching a 61.47m lifetime best effort to assert his gold medal intentions.&nbsp; 
<div><img style="max-width: 900px; width: 100%; display: block;" src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/62ed66ad2f4eb18701cc53ec.jpg" alt="Mykhailo Brudin celebrates his qualification for the discus final with some of the Ukraine team" />
Mykhailo Brudin celebrates his qualification for the discus final with some of the Ukraine team (&copy; Oscar Munoz Badilla)
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Germany&rsquo;s Marius Karges also progressed with a 60.69m throw, as did Nairobi 10th-place finisher Dimitrios Pavlidis of Greece, who registered a 60.73m personal best. Kevin Grubbs of the USA also moved forward courtesy of a 60.29m lifetime best.&nbsp;
In women&rsquo;s triple jump qualification, 15-year-old Sharifa Davronova of Uzbekistan led the way as expected, with a 13.24m (0.0m/s) leap ahead of Saturday afternoon&rsquo;s final.&nbsp;
Despite being one of the youngest in the field, Davronova has a strong chance of grabbing the gold medal with her 13.92m credentials, but she will face a tough challenge featuring Germany&rsquo;s Anna Grafin Keyserlingk, 18, who jumped 13.24m (0.5m/s) and 18-year-old&nbsp;Iuliana Dabija of Moldova who registered a 13.21m (1.0m/s) lifetime best to reach the final.&nbsp;
Fourth in Nairobi, France&rsquo;s 19-year-old Sohane Aucagos reached 13.18m (0.1m/s), while Tiana Boras of Australia, 17, also impressed with a 13.14m (0.1m/s) personal best performance.&nbsp;
Nicola Sutton for World Athletics

Two exhilarating finals ended with gold for Mexico's Karla Ximena Serrano and Mazlum Demir of Turkey

Serrano and Demir win 10,000m race walk titles on fifth morning in Cali

In a sport obsessed with medals, with a ruthless cut-off point between the haves and have-nots, it&rsquo;s often worth looking beyond the top three to find a future champion. That&rsquo;s especially true in the teenage ranks, where many eventual stars finish major finals empty-handed.&nbsp;
Specialists in talent development will always tell you that the road to senior success does not necessitate being a winner at underage level, but that it&rsquo;s vitally important, by 18 or 19, to at least be exposed to world-class opposition &ndash; to learn where you stand, and figure out what it takes.&nbsp;
For 1500 youngsters at the&nbsp;World Athletics U20 Championships Cali 22, that&rsquo;s exactly what&rsquo;s occurring each day at the Pascual Guerrero Stadium, with vital educations handed out at every turn.&nbsp;
That&rsquo;s also true for the fans of the sport who, beyond the entertainment of the action itself, are getting a window into the sport&rsquo;s future. In some events, the status quo continues, with Jamaica still bossing the world in the women&rsquo;s 100m and Kenya and Ethiopia crushing the long-distance events.&nbsp;
But those who watched the men&rsquo;s 100m final in Cali will have noticed things are changing there, with two of the three medals won by Africans: Letsile Tebogo of Botswana took gold, while Benjamin Richardson of South Africa won bronze. But beyond the medallists, in keeping with the above theme, something else stood out: Asian sprinters filled the next three spots, with Puripol Boonson of Thailand fourth in 10.12, Muhd Azeem Fahmi of Malaysia fifth in 10.14 and Japan's Hiroki Yanagita sixth in 10.24.&nbsp;
The sprinting tide is rising across Asia &ndash; and fast.&nbsp;
&ldquo;We have many new boys coming up,&rdquo; said Surapong Ariyamongkol, General Secretary of the Thai Athletics Federation. &ldquo;We have hope for the future.&rdquo;
The biggest hope of all is Boonson who, at just 16, has been a revelation this year, breaking the Asian U20 200m record by clocking 20.19 (1.7m/s) in June. In Cali he was up against athletes with more physical maturity and experience, but he ran with a brilliance beyond his years, clocking a world U18 best of 10.09 (0.7m/s) in the 100m semifinals, taking a whopping 0.11 off the previous mark.&nbsp;
If Boonson&nbsp;needed a pick-me-up in the moments after the final, then he could take consolation from knowing about the senior champions who had also finished fourth in world U20 finals, from Yohan Blake in 2008 to Wayde van Niekerk in 2010. 
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Puripol Boonson of Thailand and Japan's Hiroki Yanagita in the world U20 100m semifinals in Cali (&copy; Marta Gorczynska)
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Boonson&nbsp;discovered athletics in primary school, where he was coached by Tanakit Sriwattana. &ldquo;The teacher said maybe the other sports aren&rsquo;t so good for you, so I tried athletics,&rdquo; he said. In high school, his talent was nurtured by Wattana Suwannaraksa, while more recently he has trained more at the national centre in Patumtani, with Supawanar Ariyamongkol and Worasit Vechapruck sharing the coaching duties.
In Cali, Boonson&nbsp;had hoped to win a medal, but in the final he was edged to bronze by one thousandth of a second, clocking 10.12. &ldquo;My weakness is the block start,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t feel so good (with that) but after that I felt good.&rdquo;
Boonson faced tougher times in the days that followed, narrowly missing the 200m final after finishing fourth in his semifinal in 20.61, while in the 4x100m relay he pulled up during his anchor leg with what appeared to be a hamstring issue. Nonetheless, his age and ability mean he will have ample opportunities to come again, with Boonson still eligible for these championships when they take place in Lima, Peru, in 2024. He knows his achievements can pave the way for many more Thai sprinters to follow.&nbsp;
&ldquo;I hope to inspire because no one knows the talent of them,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;If they just do it, the results will come.&rdquo; His goal in the future? &ldquo;The same as everybody &ndash; I&rsquo;d like to be a world-class athlete.&rdquo;
Surapong, who competed in the 1972 Munich Olympics along with his twin brother, knows Boonson is a rare talent, but he&rsquo;s not getting carried away about his potential. &ldquo;I think he is the person who can wake up people in Thailand (to athletics),&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But (he&rsquo;s taking it) step by step.&rdquo;
Surapong knows the history of Thai athletics as well as anyone. He first joined the national team in 1965 and spent 47 years as national coach before moving into an administrative role. He&rsquo;d like to see more support for talent development in Thailand as he knows potential stars are dotted everywhere around the country, which has a population of almost 70 million.&nbsp;
&ldquo;We have more than 700 coaches and they work together, all in a line,&rdquo; he said.
About 1000 kilometres to the south, a similar thing is playing out in Malaysia. In Tuesday night&rsquo;s 100m final, Fahmi finished fifth in 10.14. The 18-year-old had earlier clocked a Malaysian U20 record of 10.09 (0.8m/s) to win his heat, and 10.19 to finish second in his semifinal.
&ldquo;This was the biggest achievement of my life,&rdquo; said Fahmi. &ldquo;I never expected I could dip below 10.2 three times.&rdquo; 
<div><img style="max-width: 900px; width: 100%; display: block;" src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/62ed596d775ddc244f493a10.jpg" alt="Muhd Azeem Fahmi of Malaysia celebrates his run in the world U20 100m heats in Cali" />
Muhd Azeem Fahmi of Malaysia celebrates his run in the world U20 100m heats in Cali (&copy; Marta Gorczynska)
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Fahmi was born in Perak and started athletics at the age of 10, following the lead of his older brothers, and while they represented their state at national level, he was the one gifted enough to represent his country.&nbsp;
His idol is Canada&rsquo;s Andre de Grasse, and Fahmi is coached by&nbsp;Muhammad Amir Izwan Tan Abdullah. Coming to Cali, he wanted to make a mark for reasons that went beyond himself. &ldquo;I want to prove to everyone that every Asian sprinter can do well,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;There were three in the final; that was crazy.&rdquo;
In the 200m, Fahmi clocked a national U20 record of 20.83 (1.0m/s) in the heats and was eliminated after finishing fourth in his semifinal in 20.97, and he will now return home to prepare for next month&rsquo;s Sukma Games in Kuala Lumpur.
The road ahead is bright and, now that he&rsquo;s dipped below 10.1, his sights have turned to the next barrier. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m looking forward to dip below 10 seconds,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;
For Japan&rsquo;s Yanagita, it was also a breakthrough week in Cali. The 19-year-old clocked a PB of 10.15 (0.7m/s) to reach the 100m final, where he was sixth in 10.24.&nbsp;
&ldquo;Of course I&rsquo;m really disappointed,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But it was a great race and a great experience for me.&rdquo;
Yanagita is currently a student at Toyo University, where he&rsquo;s coached by Hiroyasu Tsuchie. A student of international literature, he spends his spare time playing Mario Kart, though his racing skills are best exemplified in a pair of spikes. He travelled to Eugene last month for the World Athletics Championships but Japan had a disappointing experience in the 4x100m relay, getting disqualified in the heats. On Thursday in Cali, he helped the Japanese 4x100m team into Friday&rsquo;s world U20 final, and after that his focus will turn to European events in August before going back to Japan for the National University Championships in early September.&nbsp;
This week in Cali has shown him the rising tide in Asian sprinting, and he knows it&rsquo;ll push him to greater heights in the years ahead.&nbsp;
&ldquo;It&rsquo;s great there&rsquo;s so many great athletes there and that I&rsquo;m so close to them, I can learn from them and it&rsquo;s more of a motivation for me,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I needed to see the reality and all I can do is train after this.&rdquo;
He, like the others, walked away with a belief he can one day be among the world&rsquo;s best. Now that they&rsquo;ve got a taste of it in Cali, they want more.&nbsp;
Cathal Dennehy for World Athletics

The World Athletics U20 Championships Cali 22 provides a window into the sport's future

Boonson, Fahmi and Yanagita, part of the rising tide in Asian sprinting

The Wanda Diamond League resumes in Silesia on Saturday (6), when the one-day series heads to Poland for the first time.
A stellar field, including 49 medallists and 12 individual champions from the recent World Athletics Championships Oregon22, <a href="https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/diamond-league/news/silesia-duplantis-fraser-pryce-dos-santos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">is in action</a>. For such a historic occasion, it&rsquo;s only appropriate that several history-making athletes will take centre stage at the iconic Slaski Stadium &ndash; none more so than record-breaking pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis and sprint queen Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.
Here&rsquo;s how you can follow the action in Silesia.
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<h2>Where to watch</h2>
<a href="https://silesia.diamondleague.com/programme-results/programme-2022/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Results, programme and entry lists</a> | <a href="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/62edf7c64125f9c22bf8bbaa.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Media information sheets and athlete biographies</a>
The meeting will be streamed in a number of territories on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/diamondleague/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wanda Diamond League YouTube page</a>&nbsp;from 16:00 local time (GMT +2). The livestream will not be available in all territories. To find out where the meeting may be broadcast in your country, check the list below. If your country does not appear on the list, please check local listings. The list is subject to change, and some broadcasters may only show highlights coverage, while others will show the meeting live. Please check your local listings to find out more information. 
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<td valign="top">Africa: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Reunion, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Seychelles, Socotra, South Africa, St. Helena and Ascension, Swaziland, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Zanzibar, Algeria, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Mayotte, Morocco, Saint Helena, Somalia, Togo, Tunisia, Western Sahara</td>
<td valign="top">Supersport (English) / Canal+ (French)</td>
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<td valign="top">Fox Sports</td>
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<td valign="top">Baltics: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania</td>
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<td valign="top">Balkans:&nbsp;Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia</td>
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<td valign="top">Globo / Newco - Band Sport</td>
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<td valign="top">A1 - Sport Max</td>
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<td valign="top">Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba), Cayman Islands, Cuba, Cura&ccedil;ao, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saint Barth&eacute;lemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States Virgin Islands</td>
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<td valign="top">MTV</td>
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<td valign="top">France / Monaco</td>
<td valign="top">Sportall / AthleTV</td>
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<td valign="top">Sky Deutschland</td>
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<td valign="top">India</td>
<td valign="top">Viacom 18</td>
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<td valign="top">Charlton</td>
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<td valign="top">Sky / Rai</td>
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<td valign="top">MTVA</td>
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<td valign="top">Mexico, Panama, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Dominican Republic</td>
<td valign="top">Sky Mexico</td>
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<td valign="top">Ziggo Sports / NOS</td>
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<td valign="top">New Zealand</td>
<td valign="top">Spark</td>
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<td valign="top">Norway</td>
<td valign="top">NRK</td>
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<td valign="top">Poland</td>
<td valign="top">Polsat</td>
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<td valign="top">Portugal</td>
<td valign="top">Sport TV Portugal</td>
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<td valign="top">Singapore</td>
<td valign="top">Starhub</td>
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<td valign="top">South Korea</td>
<td valign="top">KBS</td>
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<td valign="top">RTV</td>
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<td valign="top">Movistar</td>
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<td valign="top">C More-TV4 / SVT</td>
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<td valign="top">Switzerland</td>
<td valign="top">SRG</td>
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<td valign="top">Cineplex / Mono</td>
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<td valign="top">Turkey</td>
<td valign="top">Ssport</td>
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<td valign="top">United Kingdom, Guernsey, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands and Isle of Man- audio BBC Service overseas</td>
<td valign="top">BBC</td>
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<td valign="top">Sentana</td>
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<td valign="top">USA</td>
<td valign="top">NBC Sports</td>
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<td valign="top">Vietnam</td>
<td valign="top">SCTV</td>
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<td valign="top">Bhutan, Bolivia, Chile, Cambodia, Indonesia, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Mongolia, Myanmar, North Korea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Sri Lanka, Uruguay, Venezuela</td>
<td valign="top">Wanda Diamond League YouTube / Facebook</td>
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<h2>Social media</h2>
- World Athletics: <a href="https://twitter.com/WorldAthletics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WorldAthletics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/worldathletics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@worldathletics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok</a> - Wanda Diamond League: <a href="https://twitter.com/diamond_league" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DiamondLeague/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/diamondleagueathletics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> - Kamila Skolimowska Memorial: <a href="https://silesia.diamondleague.com/home/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Website</a>&nbsp;| <a href="https://www.facebook.com/memorialkamili" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;" href="https://www.instagram.com/memorial_kamili_skolimowskiej/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>
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Here's how you can catch all the action at the Slaski Stadium

How to follow and watch the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Silesia

Eyes fixed firmly ahead, shoulder to shoulder as they stormed down the home straight, Blessing Akawasi Afrifah and Letsile Tebogo pushed each other to the limit. At the end of a tremendous 200m clash, there was just six thousandths of a second in it.
Both clocking 19.96 (-0.1m/s) &ndash; a championship record that moves them to joint third on the world U20 all-time list &ndash; the rising sprint stars brought track action on day four of the World Athletics U20 Championships Cali 22 to a thrilling crescendo, Israel&rsquo;s 18-year-old Afrifah getting gold to deny 19-year-old Tebogo of Botswana a second world U20 title in Colombia after his 100m win two days earlier.
They had both been impressive through the rounds, Afrifah running three consecutive PBs &ndash; 20.37, 20.17 and then 19.96 &ndash; and Tebogo following his 100m victory with a championship record of 19.99 in the heats. But given the manner in which he won the 100m title, breaking the world U20 record despite celebrating before the finish, the majority of attention was on Tebogo, to see what he could do over the double the distance.
There was no time for celebrations in this final. Lining up alongside each other, Tebogo in lane four and Afrifah in lane five, they both got a strong start. Tebogo was narrowly ahead at the bend, but as they powered off it, Afrifah wasn&rsquo;t giving up. He drew level with his rival and they were evenly matched, until Afrifah reached the finish line a fraction ahead, despite a dip from Tebogo.
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m so emotional. I&rsquo;m out of words,&rdquo; said Afrifah, who finished seventh in the final at last year's World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi. &ldquo;For a second, I thought &lsquo;OK, I&rsquo;m second, but I am very happy to be second to Tebogo&rsquo;. I achieved my dream.&rdquo;
After six races in four days, Tebogo said: &ldquo;This is the best race that I have ever run in my life so far. I&rsquo;m really grateful for the performance and it&rsquo;s not everybody who can run these fast times, four days in a row.&rdquo; 
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 Before last year, Israel had never gained a gold medal at the World U20 Championships. Now the nation has two, Afrifah joining the 2021 men&rsquo;s high jump champion Yonathan Kapitolnik in achieving the feat.
Never before had two U20 athletes broken 20 seconds for 200m in the same race. It was a European U20 record for Afrifah and an African U20 record for Tebogo. Such was the standard, the rest of the field was more than half a second behind them, Australia&rsquo;s Calab Law capping a breakthrough season with 20.48 for bronze, two weeks after reaching the semifinals at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22. South Africa&rsquo;s 100m bronze medallist Benjamin Richardson was fourth in 20.55 and USA&rsquo;s Brandon Miller fifth in 20.64.
<h2>Pillay overcomes odds for one-lap wonder</h2>
There was no shortage of sprint excitement on day four in Cali. In the men&rsquo;s 400m, South Africa&rsquo;s Lythe Pillay avenged his fourth-place finish in last year&rsquo;s world U20 final, overcoming illness and injury to do so, while Britain&rsquo;s Yemi Mary John won the women&rsquo;s crown, and later wore one of her own.
Like Tebogo in the 100m final, Pillay even had time to celebrate on his approach to the finish. With such a strong end to his race, he eased down the finishing straight, pumping his arms as he went, and crossed the line in a PB of 45.28 to triumph ahead of USA&rsquo;s Steven McElroy in 45.65 and Bahrain&rsquo;s Yusuf Ali Abbas in a lifetime best of 45.80. Canada&rsquo;s Tyler Floyd also ran a PB, his 46.01 seeing him finish fourth ahead of Thailand&rsquo;s Joshua Atkinson (46.31).
&ldquo;It was a difficult journey after coming in fourth last year,&rdquo; said Pillay. &ldquo;My hope was to come back and challenge for the title this year. I got covid in February and was hospitalised. It was a difficult year emotionally as well, trying to keep my hopes and faith up.&rdquo;
In the women&rsquo;s final, John was narrowly ahead off the final bend and looked in control as she held off Kenya&rsquo;s 16-year-old Damaris Mutunga and India&rsquo;s Rupal. Once over the line, she looked into the crowd and pointed at her head, receiving a crown in return. First putting it on her own head, she later shared it with Pillay as they celebrated their successes on a victory lap. 
<div><img style="max-width: 900px; width: 100%; display: block;" src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/62ec84b4205a459c47e1be84.jpg" alt="World U20 400m champions Yemi Mary John and Lythe Pillay at the World Athletics U20 Championships Cali 22" />
World U20 400m champions Yemi Mary John and Lythe Pillay at the World Athletics U20 Championships Cali 22 (&copy; Marta Gorczynska)
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Running 51.50, 19-year-old John achieved her third PB from as many races in Cali to win. The race was also another huge breakthrough for Mutunga, who went into the championships with a PB of&nbsp;53.71 set at the Kenyan trials for the event in Cali, and leaves with a national U20 record of&nbsp;51.71 to go with her silver. Rupal also ran a PB of 51.85 for bronze, to go with her mixed 4x400m silver.
&ldquo;I didn't run many races this year, so I felt this was the one to run a personal best in,&rdquo; said the winner. &ldquo;I have this crown because I am a queen.&rdquo;
In the 400m hurdles final, USA&rsquo;s Akala Garrett timed her run to perfection &ndash; the 17-year-old blasting away early before easing back and leaving enough at the finish to surge ahead for victory. A world U20-leading time, her 56.16 gained her the win by more than half a second, silver going to Sweden&rsquo;s Hanna Karlsson with 56.71. Garrett&rsquo;s compatriot Michaela Rose stumbled off the penultimate barrier but held on to get bronze in 56.86, while South Africa&rsquo;s Anje Nel finished fourth in 57.47 and Michelle Smith of Virgin Islands fifth in 57.48. The top five finishers all set PBs, with the mark a national U20 record for Smith.
<h2>From bronze to gold for Cherotich</h2>
Kenya&rsquo;s Faith Cherotich meant business. That much was clear as the 18-year-old blasted away at the start in the women&rsquo;s 3000m steeplechase final. It was a lead she would never relinquish. Bronze medallist last year, when the World U20 Championships was held on her home soil in Nairobi, she was determined to get gold this time and put in a dominant display to leave Ethiopia&rsquo;s world U20 leader Sembo Almayew with no response. 
<div><img style="max-width: 900px; width: 100%; display: block;" src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/62eca79e041c184765f08c57.jpg" alt="Kenya's Faith Cherotich on her way to the world U20 3000m steeplechase title in Cali" />
Kenya's Faith Cherotich on her way to the world U20 3000m steeplechase title in Cali (&copy; Oscar Munoz Badilla)
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Almayew had run 9:09.19 in June, a second consecutive world U18 best. But Cherotich had clocked 9:12.04 in Nairobi in May and went quickest in the qualifying round in Cali. In the final, Cherotich led an early breakaway group of five that was quickly strung out. Almayew reacted straight away and remained just a step behind, until she could hold on no longer. Cherotich had build around a five-second lead with two laps remaining and was 11 seconds ahead at the bell. She only increased that further and went on to win in 9:16.14, with Almayew second in 9:30.41 and her Ethiopian teammate Meseret Yeshaneh third in 9:42.02. Outside the medals there was a battle for fourth, Tunisia&rsquo;s Rihab Dhahri pipping Kenya&rsquo;s Pamela Kosgei, 10:06.42 to 10:06.46.
In the heptathlon, Finland&rsquo;s Saga Vanninen became the sixth champion from Nairobi to retain their title in Cali, scoring 6084 points. After finishing the first day in the lead on 3666 points, 28 up on her day one score from last year&rsquo;s World U20 Championships, she returned on day two to leap 6.24m in the long jump and throw 46.21m in the javelin before a 2:28.91 800m sealed her victory. It saw her become the first athlete to win two world U20 heptathlon titles since Carolina Kluft 20 years ago. 
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 A strong first day featuring PBs in three of the four events saw Germany&rsquo;s Sandrina Sprengel in second spot and she maintained a podium place. It was another German athlete who secured the silver, though - Serina Riedel moving up from fifth on day one to second at the conclusion of the seven events, scoring 5874 points to finish runner up, just ahead of Sprengel with 5845. Riedel soared farthest in the long jump (6.30m) and then threw 41.47m in the javelin followed by a 2:25.56 800m, while Sprengel jumped 6.03m, threw 42.33m and ran 2:30.82. Estonia&rsquo;s Liisa-Maria Lusti finished fourth with 5731 and Latvia&rsquo;s Gerda Kerija Dreimane fifth with a 5721 PB.
<h2>World-leading wins for Ammirati and Korakidis</h2>
He was the last one to enter the pole vault final, and the last one remaining, to win it - Anthony Ammirati of France clearing a world U20-leading national U20 record of 5.75m to win a competition that concluded in thrilling fashion.
After being unable to make it over his opening height in the world U20 final in Nairobi last year, this time the 19-year-old made no mistake. He entered at 5.35m &ndash; 5cm higher than in Nairobi &ndash; but soared clear on his first attempt. From there, he decided to skip every other height, clearing all he tried on his first goes, before one failure at 5.70m, after which he moved straight to 5.75m in a bid to beat Finland&rsquo;s Juho Alasaari. It worked. Ammirati managed the height &ndash; 3cm higher than he had ever achieved before &ndash; on his first go and with victory secured he had three attempts at a championship record height of 5.83m. Alasaari&rsquo;s silver &ndash; a second after his runner-up finish in Nairobi last year &ndash; was secured thanks to his 5.60m national U20 record, while Poland's Michal Gawenda got bronze with a 5.45m PB. 
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Anthony Ammirati celebrates his pole vault win at the World Athletics U20 Championships Cali 22 (&copy; Marta Gorczynska)
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A fifth-round throw that was initially judged to be a foul proved to be the winning mark for Ioannis Korakidis of Greece in the hammer final. And it wasn&rsquo;t only the best of the competition, but the top mark in the world so far this year, his 79.11m being a world U20-leading PB.
Just a single centimetre separated Finland&rsquo;s Max Lampinen from Iosif Kesidis of Cyprus &ndash; Lampinen thowing a 76.33m PB in the fifth round and Kesidis recording a 76.32m lifetime best in the sixth, but when Korakidis&rsquo; foul was reviewed it was considered a valid mark, and one that clinched him the title by almost three metres. In a close battle for the other podium places, Korakidis&rsquo; compatriot Nikolaos Polychroniou finished just off it with a best of 76.12m for fourth.
<h2>Lyston and Clarke advance</h2>
The women&rsquo;s 200m final is shaping up to be a highly-anticipated affair, especially after seeing the ease with which Jamaica&rsquo;s Brianna Lyston breezed through the 200m semifinals, winning her race in 22.83 as fastest overall. The 18-year-old led the entries going into the championships thanks to her 22.53 PB set in April, with USA&rsquo;s Jayla Jamison and Mia Brahe-Pedersen joining her in having PBs under 23 seconds. They join her in leading the qualifiers for the final, too, with Brahe-Pedersen running 22.95 behind Lyston and Jamison winning her heat in 23.01. South Africa&rsquo;s Viwe Jingqi came through to win the first heat in 23.12 ahead of Polyniki Emmanouilidou with a Greek U20 record of 23.20. Completing the line up for the final are Lyston&rsquo;s compatriot Alana Reid (23.16 PB), Britain&rsquo;s Sophie Walton (23.24) and Cuba&rsquo;s Yarima L. Garcia (23.40).
Seven of the eight eventual men&rsquo;s 400m hurdles finalists had the races of their lives to make the final, led by Jamaica&rsquo;s Roshawn Clarke with 49.35 to win the third semifinal. Puerto Rico&rsquo;s Yan Manuel Vazquez has gone quicker with every round in Cali, running 50.66 to win his heat and 50.37 to take his semifinal, and he&rsquo;ll now look to carry that form through to the final, where he&rsquo;ll line up alongside Turkey&rsquo;s Ismail Nezir, winner of the second semifinal in 50.12, plus Qatar&rsquo;s Ismail Doudai Abakar (49.48 PB), Matic Ian Gucek with a 49.72 Slovenian U20 record, Belgium&rsquo;s Mimoun Abdoul Wahab (50.45 PB), France&rsquo;s Sonny Gandrey (50.59 PB) and Japan&rsquo;s Sojiro Moritaka (50.62 PB).
Jamaica&rsquo;s women launched the defence of their world U20 4x100m title on a strong note, clocking 43.28 to win their heat and go quickest overall in the first round. Serena Cole, individual 100m champion Tina Clayton, Alexis James and Tia Clayton combined to safely secure a spot in the next round for the world record-holders along with heat two winner USA with 43.66 and heat three victor Great Britain with a 43.78 national U20 record.
There were big cheers from the home crowd as Colombia secured the runner-up spot in that third heat in a national U20 record of 44.34 and joining them in the final will be Germany (44.34), Italy (44.69) and Australia (44.83). With Switzerland and Czech Republic running the exact same time down to the thousandth, the eighth place in the final was decided by a draw, pulling team bibs out of a bag, and that was won by Switzerland.
Japan went quickest in the men&rsquo;s 4x100m heats, anchored by Hiroki Yanagita who formed part of the nation&rsquo;s team at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon last month. He crossed the line in 39.12 in the third heat, while other heat winners were South Africa (39.50), Nigeria (39.41) and USA (39.78). Also making the final were Jamaica (39.24), Italy (39.63), Spain (39.79) and Netherlands with a national U20 record of 39.85.
It wasn&rsquo;t necessary for athletes to attempt the automatic qualifying height of 1.85m in women&rsquo;s high jump qualification, with the top 12 decided by those managing to clear 1.80m. That included Estonia&rsquo;s Karmen Bruus and Serbia&rsquo;s&nbsp;Angelina Topic, who have both equalled the world U18 best of 1.96m this year - Bruus achieving hers when placing seventh in the world final in Oregon last month. European U20 champion Britt Weerman of the Netherlands also booked a place in the final, as did Estonia&rsquo;s Elisabeth Pihela and Australia&rsquo;s Erin Shaw.
Jess Whittington for World Athletics

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Afrifah amazes to pip Tebogo to 200m title, as Cherotich dominates in Cali

Over the past four days, the Pascual Guerrero Olympic Stadium has welcomed the world&rsquo;s best teenage athletes for the World Athletics U20 Championships Cali 22, taking place from 1-6 August &ndash; and the penultimate day of the event is set to be a thriller.
On day five of the action-packed six-day programme, Friday will see a total of 12 finals plus two qualification rounds and two nail-biting semifinals.
Here are three things to follow on day five&hellip;
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<h2>Pressure&rsquo;s on for home hope Linares to capture long jump glory</h2>
Colombia&rsquo;s local star Natalia Linares will be feeling the weight of expectation to deliver the host nation&rsquo;s first gold medal of the championships when the women&rsquo;s long jump final opens the afternoon session.
The 19-year-old home hope set a national U20 record of 6.68m in July and is a much-improved competitor from the one who placed 12th at the World U20 Championships in Nairobi 12 months ago. She registered 6.31m in the qualification round and may need to get close to her top form to ensure the victory is hers.
Her fierce rivals will arrive in the form of Spain&rsquo;s 18-year-old Evelyn Yankey and Marta Amouhin Amani of Italy.
The Spaniard jumped the farthest in the qualification round with 6.34m as the 17-year-old Italian leapt 6.32m, ensuring the final will have at least three evenly-matched competitors vying for the medals.
Others likely to impress include Great Britain&rsquo;s Molly Palmer, 18, who registered a 6.31m lifetime best and Bulgaria&rsquo;s 17-year-old Plamena Mitkova, who reached the final with 6.29m. 
<h2>Thrilling Jamaica-USA battle expected in women&rsquo;s 200m final</h2>
The scene is now set for a superb three-way battle between the best of Jamaica and the USA in a mouth-watering women&rsquo;s 200m final.
US pair Mia Brahe-Pedersen and Jayla Jamison led the first round with 23.25 and 23.36 respectively, but Jamaica&rsquo;s Brianna Lyston impressed in the semifinals, winning her heat in 22.83 to finish 0.12 ahead of Brahe-Pedersen.
Brahe-Pedersen &ndash; who placed seventh in the 100m earlier in the week &ndash; and US champion Jamison will be hoping to ensure USA has two athletes on the podium. But Lyston, with a superb 22.53 lifetime best this season, is aiming to upset their intentions with some silverware of her own.
Among the others lining up for the final are South Africa&rsquo;s Viwe Jingqi, Jamaica&rsquo;s Alana Reid and Greece&rsquo;s Polyniki Emmanouilidou. 
<h2>Samuel seeks further success over 3000m</h2>
Habtom Samuel of Eritrea will be hoping to add to the 5000m bronze medal he earned on Monday when he lines up for the 3000m final. The 18-year-old, who placed third over 3000m in Nairobi last year, clocked a season&rsquo;s best of 7:56.70 in the first round.
Kenya&rsquo;s 17-year-old Kimonsong Kisalsak led the qualifiers with 7:55.60 and Ethiopia&rsquo;s Diriba Girma &ndash; fifth in the 5000m on Monday &ndash; will also be ones to watch in the battle for gold.
Others expected to be in the medal mix are Rogers Kibet of Uganda and Kenya&rsquo;s Felix Kiptarus Korir, plus Kibet&rsquo;s compatriot Dan Kibet, who was eighth in this event 12 months ago.
Japan&rsquo;s Keita Sato and 2021 world U20 1500m bronze medallist Melkeneh Azize of Ethiopia should also feature in the leading pack.
Nicola Sutton for World Athletics

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