Wang Jianan led the first Asian men s field event medal sweep in the history of the IAAF World Junior Championships and in the process he also became the second Chinese athlete to win the long jump world junior title with 8.08m.
Gilda Casanova of Cuba and Kendall Baisden of the USA arrived in the homestretch of the women s 400m final almost even, but it was Baisden who had enough left to scratch her way to the lead and take the victory.
The USA s prodigiously talented Mary Cain, a 1500m finalist at last year s IAAF World Championships in Moscow, won her first world title at 3000m here by kicking away from the pack on the last turn to win in 8:58.48, her best time ever.
Izabela da Silva made history in Eugene by becoming the first Brazilian female athlete to win a world junior title when taking the discus with a massive personal best of 58.03m.
Russia s Ekaterina Starygina threw 56.85m on her final attempt of the competition to seize women s javelin gold over defending champion Sofi Flink of Sweden.