World Athletics U20 Championships

2022 - 8 - 3

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Oregon Ducks' Mine De Klerk wins 2nd consecutive gold in shot put ... (oregonlive.com)

De Klerk, who competes for South Africa, earned the gold medal with a best throw of 56 feet, 4 inches.

A freshman this past season, De Klerk finished 13th in the shot put at the NCAA championships in June. The Oregon Ducks’ Mine De Klerk won her second consecutive under-20 world championship in the shot put Tuesday.

Gold and bronze for SA team at World Junior Champs (Eyewitness News)

South Africa claimed its first medals at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia through Mine de Klerk and sprinter Benjamin Richardson. After ...

She coasted through the opening round of the women's 100m event, winning her heat in 11.36. Kayla la Grange, set a personal best of 11.73, but she was sixth in her heat and missed out on a spot in the penultimate round by just 0.02. Richardson was beaten by Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo who broke the junior world record in an electrifying 9.91 seconds, while Bouwahgie Nkrumie of Jamaica grabbed silver. Benjamin Richardson was beaten by Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo who broke the junior world record in an electrifying 9.91 seconds, while Bouwahgie Nkrumie of Jamaica grabbed silver. The versatile De Klerk will be targeting another medal when she competes in the women's discus throw final. Meanwhile on the track, exciting sprinter Viwe Jingqi runs in the women’s 100m semi finals. She produced a throw of 17.17m in the final.

2022 World Athletics U20 Championships 400-Meters Semifinals ... (Coastal Carolina Official Athletic Site)

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Schwartzman Finishes 10th at World Athletics U20 Championships (Texas A&M Athletics)

Texas A&M track & field All-American Ashton Schwartzman placed 10th in the men's 400m semifinals at the World Athletics U20 Championships Wednesday evening ...

5:20 p.m. – Women's 4x400m Final – ^Wade 10:40 a.m. – Women's 4x400m Heats – ^Wade Following a three-hour weather delay, Schwartzman clocked 46.50 falling outside of the automatic qualifying spot in third of the second heat.

Brackins Jr. Takes Sixth In Long Jump At 2022 World Athletics U20 ... (University of Southern California Official Athletic Site)

Johnny Brackins Jr. placed sixth in the men's long jump and Malik Mixon and Nikolaos Polychroniou advanced to event finals at the 2022 World Athletics U20 ...

- Mixon ran a personal best of 13.52 (+0.3) to take second in his semifinal heat to automatically advance to tomorrow's final. Mixon had a time of 14.10 to place third in his preliminary heat on Aug. 1 to automatically advance to the semifinals. - Polychroniou advanced out of the men's hammer throw (6kg) qualifying with a best mark of 240-0 (73.16m). His throw was ninth among the qualifiers and he will compete in the final on Aug. 4. - Brackins Jr. placed sixth in the men's long jump final with a best leap of 25-7.50/7.81m (+0.6). Brackins Jr. reached the final by jumping 25-2.75/7.69m (+0.6) in the prelims on Monday. advanced to event finals at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships held in Cali, Columbia. today (Aug. 2). The World Athletics U20 Championships run through Aug. 6. Johnny Brackins Jr. placed sixth in the men's long jump and Malik Mixon and Nikolaos Polychroniou

Stevens Point native Roisin Willis qualifies for 800m final in World ... (WSAW)

COLUMBIA. (WSAW) - Stevens Point native Roisin Willis has qualified for the U20 World Championships final at the World Athletics U20 Championships.

Willis’ personal best of 2:00.03 is the second-best in the field remaining. Willis, who ran in the third heat of the semifinals, ran a 2:02.49 to win the heat by a full second. COLUMBIA. (WSAW) - Stevens Point native Roisin Willis has qualified for the U20 World Championships final at the World Athletics U20 Championships.

Wade wins World Athletics U20 Championships Gold (KBTX)

Texas A&M track & field All-American Kennedy Wade won gold as a member of Team USA's mixed 4x400m relay at the World Athletics U20 Championships Tuesday ...

For more information on how to follow the meet can be found here. World Athletics U20 Championships Remaining Schedule*All times listed are central^Potential entry Wednesday, August 33:55 p.m. – Women’s Pole Vault Final - Abadie5:25 p.m. – Men’s 400m Semifinals – Schwartzman Thursday, August 45:50 p.m. – Men’s 400m Final – ^Schwartzman Friday, August 510:40 a.m. – Women’s 4x400m Heats – ^Wade11:15 a.m. – Men’s 4x400m Heats – ^Schwartzman Saturday, August 65:20 p.m. – Women’s 4x400m Final – ^Wade5:43 p.m. – Men’s 4x400m Final – ^Schwartzman For the most up-to-date information on Texas A&M Track & Field/Cross Country, follow the team on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram (@aggietfxc). For the most up-to-date information on Texas A&M Track & Field/Cross Country, follow the team on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram (@aggietfxc). The meet is streamed live on the World Athletics YouTube and event schedule. SANTIAGO DE CALI, Colombia -- Texas A&M track & field All-American Kennedy Wade won gold as a member of Team USA’s mixed 4x400m relay at the World Athletics U20 Championships Tuesday afternoon at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero. Fellow All-American Ashton Schwartzman advanced to the men’s 400m semifinals after placing second in the fifth heat at 46.76. The Wautoma, Wisconsin, native’s time registered as the 11th-fastest on the day.

Texas A&M's Wade Wins World Athletics U20 Championships Gold ... (WTAW)

Story by Tyler Pounds, Athletics Communications. SANTIAGO DE CALI, Colombia – Texas A&M track & field All-American Kennedy Wade won gold as a member of Team ...

5:43 p.m. – Men’s 4x400m Final – ^Schwartzman 5:50 p.m. – Men’s 400m Final – ^Schwartzman Competition times and live results from each session are available on the event schedule.

Cork teenager cruelly misses out on long jump medal at U20 World ... (The42)

Reece Ademola finished fifth, breaking his own Irish U20 record in doing so.

The Tyrone youngster ran a time of 1:00.30. I should give myself a pat on the back. France’s Erwan Konate took gold after a World U20 leading mark of 8.08m, Alejandro A. Parada of Cuba was second with 7.91m and Gabriel Luiz Boza’s seasons’ best effort of 7.90m left him in the bronze medal position. With Konata’s first attempt (7.82m) better than Ademola’s second, it pushed the Irish athlete back into third place. 19-year-old Ademola had topped his qualifying group with a record jump by an Irish U20 athlete of 7.76m, and made a brilliant start to the final, bettering that record again with his first attempt by jumping 7.83m. He's just produced the jump of his life in a global final!!🤩

USA Track & Field | Double gold for Team USATF on day two of ... (USATF)

Team USATF won its first gold of the Championships with another meet record in the mixed 4x400m relay. Running with three of the same athletes who clocked 3: ...

O'Hagan launched a 73.51m/241-2 to surpass the auto qualifying mark by one centimeter. (Laurel, Maryland/USATF Potomac Valley) running off the shoulder of the leaders until she came off the final bend. In the final section, Caldwell kept pushing through but hit more barriers and finished sixth in 13.79, missing out on the final. Brown was one of only three athletes who cleared 5.20m/17-0.75. (Seabrook, Texas/USATF Gulf), barely avoiding the infield clock after he handed off the baton. He followed that with a 20.03m/65-8.75 and then a foul before another big improvement to 20.73m/68-0.25 to take the lead and move to No. 10 on the all-time U.S. U20 performer list. In a contrast of styles, In the final, Colbert finished seventh in 10.24 as Botswana's Letsile Tebogo broke his own world U20 record with a 9.91. (Woonsocket, Rhode Island/USATF New England) blasted a lifetime best 20.30m/66-7.25 on his opening attempt in the men's shot put final. Team USATF won its first gold of the Championships with another meet record in the mixed 4x400m relay. (College Park, Georgia/USATF Georgia) struggled through the first half of the second semi before coming on strong and sprinting off the final barrier to claim the second automatic qualifying spot in a lifetime best of 13.52.

Three things to follow on day four in Cali: history in the making ... (World Athletics)

We've already seen some big battles and record-breaking brilliance at the World Athletics U20 Championships Cali 22 and there's much more in store on day ...

Her heptathlon PB is the national U20 record of 6271 points she set to win the European U20 title last year. But the competition always looked set to be close and so it has proven. South Africa’s Benjamin Richardson, the 100m bronze medallist in Cali, ran a PB of 20.38 last month and was just 0.01 off that in his semifinal. Jamaica’s Bryan Levell reached the 200m semifinals in Nairobi last year and formed part of the silver medal-winning 4x100m team. Carolina Kluft was the last athlete to win two world U20 heptathlon titles and the Swedish combined events great achieved it 20 years ago. Then, in Wednesday afternoon’s semifinals, he ran 20.23. Now he’ll go for gold again but there are some challengers who will hope to stand in his way. After those first four events, just 75 points separates Vanninen from Germany’s 18-year-old Sandrina Sprengel, who has a PB of 6015 points and set lifetime bests in three of the four events on Wednesday - 13.94 in the 100m hurdles, 1.81m in the high jump and 24.35 in the 200m. The 19-year-old ended the first day of competition in the lead on 3666 points following PB performances in the 100m hurdles (13.52) and 200m (24.49), plus 1.72m in the high jump and 14.18m in the shot put. Almayew may not have things all her own way, though. Kenya’s 18-year-old Faith Cherotich claimed bronze at the last edition of the World U20 Championships held on her home soil in Nairobi last year and ran 9:12.04 in the Kenyan capital in May. She was the quickest in the first round in Cali, winning her heat in 9:38.18 ahead of Almayew’s 17-year-old teammate Meseret Yeshaneh, who clocked 9:41.99 and has a PB of 9:33.34. That was her second consecutive world U18 best, following her 9:18.98 at the FBK Games, and she also already has experience of competing on the world stage – she ran 9:21.10 to finish fifth in her heat at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 last month. Cherotich’s compatriot Pamela Kosgei has run 9:54.20 this year and was second behind Almayew in the heats, while they will be joined on the start line for the final by Spain’s Marta Serrano, who was sixth in Nairobi and ran a 9:48.64 national U20 record in June, and Hungary’s Greta Varga, who clocked a national U20 record of her own in June with 9:50.63. Morocco’s 2021 eighth-place finisher Khadija Ennasri has run 10:00.49 this year, while Tunisia’s Rihab Dhahri has clocked 10:03.15.

Azeem is set for the US, with Houston in his sights (The Star Online)

PETALING JAYA: National sprinter Mohd Azeem Fahmi is off to the United States to further hone his sprinting and also study a course that could enhance his ...

I hope to improve in the sport by training overseas," he said. "The aim is to further my studies, especially Sports Science. For now, I am more inclined to (choose) the University of Houston programme. The 18-year-old phenom revealed that he could be studying and training at the University of Houston after the Malaysian Games (Sukma).

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