A 52.78m effort in the second round not only secured Alexandra Emilianov an upset victory in the girls discus throw on Wednesday (15), it also marked the first-ever gold medal for Moldova at the IAAF World Youth Championships.
It was little surprise that the girls 3000m title went to an Ethiopian, though the fact it was relatively unheralded Shuru Bulo who sprinted to victory in 9:01.12 and not her favoured team-mate Letesenbet Gidey proved one of the biggest upsets on ...
A near one-metre improvement enabled US shot putter Adrian Piperi to secure the first gold medal of the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 inside a breezy Pascual Guerrero Stadium on Wednesday evening (15).
41 world and 22 Olympic champions will re-open the Olympic Stadium with a fantastic weekend of IAAF Diamond League athletics at the Sainsbury s Anniversary Games on 24-25 July.
Barely 30 minutes after the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 got under way in the Colombian city, jaws dropped in the Pascual Guerrero stadium as Japan s Abdul Hakim Sani Brown sped to a championship record of 10.30 in the first heat of the 10...