Abreham Cherkos of Ethiopia obliterated the 5000m championship record and the USA enjoyed more relay joy as the curtain came down on the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland in front of more than 12,000 spectators in the Zawisza Stadium.A heavy shower made life difficult for the competitors in the early part of the final session but the rain had abated by the time the 16 finalists set out on their 12-and-a-half-lap test in the men&rsquo;s 5000m. Cherkos makes it look easyEthiopia have generally had to play second fiddle to their arch distance running rivals for much of the championships but ended the final day on a high as Cherkos, the world junior leader, hacked almost 20 seconds from the championship record to win gold in 13:08.58.Cherkos, who is ranked sixth on the all-time world junior lists with 12:54.19 in 2006, bided his time and preferred to sit in behind Kenya&rsquo;s Matthew Kipkoech Kisorio, who set a ferocious pace.Running on a wet track after an earlier downpour, the diminutive Cherkos hit the front with just over a lap to go and accelerated clear in the final 200m to score a resounding victory. Kisorio held off a late challenge from the second string Ethiopian Dejan Gebremeskel to take silver in a personal best of 13:11.57. Gebremeskel &ndash; four tenths further back &ndash; won bronze. All three medallists were all below the former Championship record mark of 13:28.30 set by Hillary Chenonge of Kenya in 2002.Cherkos, who has been selected to compete at the Beijing Olympics, was relieved to win pull of race victory as pre-event favourite.&ldquo;I expected to win, since I had the best PB and I was in good shape,&rdquo; said Cherkos. But you never know with Kenyans, they are always dangerous.&rdquo;Easy win for Shabanov too!Konstantin Shabanov blitzed to a new personal best and World junior lead of 13.27 on the same track where his father, Georgiy, won a bronze medal at the 1979 European Junior Championships. The Russian, who led the World junior rankings coming into the event, produced a textbook piece of fluent hurdling to prove he could deliver on the big occasion. Running from lane eight Jamaica&rsquo;s Keiron Stewart challenged Shabanov mid-race but he lost his rhythm after clipping hurdles nine and ten. The Russian simply powered ahead over the final two barriers with US junior champion Booker Nunley recovering from a sluggish start to take silver in 13.45. In a close race for bronze Stewart was given the verdict in a photo-finish with Sami Ahmed Al-Hayder of Saudi Arabia. Both clocked 13.51 &ndash; the latter in an area junior record.Twell offers first gold to Great BritainGreat Britain picked up its first gold of the championships as Stephanie Twell burst clear with an impressive last lap performance to take victory in the women&rsquo;s 1500m.After what had been a pedestrian early pace, Twell appeared to clash with Asmerawork Bekele at the bell and the Ethiopian lost her shoe and was forced to step onto the in field.Twell, a two-time European Junior cross country, then swept past Kalkidan Gezehegne down the back straight and kicked away for an emphatic victory in 4:15.09. Gezehegne had to settle for the silver in 4:16.58 with Great Britain&rsquo;s Emma Pallant, who is the same training group as Twell, taking bronze in 4:17.06.An elated Twell said: &ldquo;I am very happy. Being a Junior World champion &ndash; it feels really great. I came here to win and I did it. Rain that fell down before the competition cooled the track down, so it wasn&rsquo;t as hot as a few days ago.&rdquo;Thrilling steeplechaseIn the first track event of the final session, Kenya&rsquo;s Jonathan Muia Ndiku won a thrilling men&rsquo;s 3000m steeplechase as he hunted and chased down long-time leader Benjamin Kiplagat of Uganda to win in a personal best of 8:17.28.Kiplagat, the world leader, burst to the front from the gun and covered the first 1000m in 2:34.51. At one stage he held a 40m lead but as fatigue started to kick in Ndiku began to reel the long-time leader in.The Kenyan teenager finally caught and passed the fading Kiplagat at the final water barrier before kicking on to maintain his country&rsquo;s 100 per cent record of having won every single men&rsquo;s 3000m steeplechase at the World Junior Championships.Kiplagat at least had the consolation of winning silver in 8:19.24, although he conceded his early pace may have been ill-judged.&ldquo;I was probably running too fast and then I had less power to win.&rdquo; Kenya&rsquo;s Patrick Kipyegon Terer was the bronze medallist in a personal best of 8:25.14.Bondarenko supremeIn the men&rsquo;s high jump Bohdan Bondarenko of the Ukraine showed rich promise when winning bronze at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Beijing and went two places better to break the hearts of the Polish crowd and home hopeful Sylwester Bednarek.Bondarenko&rsquo;s first time clearance at 2.26m, which bettered his own World junior lead mark by 0.01, was enough to clinch victory. He was pushed all the way by Bednarak who came agonisingly close to clearing 2.28m with his final two attempt but had to settle for silver. Miguel Angel Sancho of Spain was the bronze medallist with 2.21m.Xi maintains Chinese hold in women&rsquo;s discusChina maintained its stranglehold in the women&rsquo;s discus at the World Junior Championships as Shangxue Xi earned her country a sixth gold medal in this event at the last seven editions of the championship.Xi, the Asian Junior champion, hurled the discus out to 54.96m with her third attempt to secure gold. Germany&rsquo;s Julia Fischer, the girlfriend of David Storl the gold medallist in the men&rsquo;s shot, collected silver after her second round attempt of 54.69m. Bronze went to Croatia&rsquo;s World Youth silver medallist Sandra Perkovic with 54.24m.All relays go to USAThe USA completed the &lsquo;Grand Slam&rsquo; of all four relay golds as they cruised to victory in both long relays on the final day.In the women&rsquo;s 4x400m the quartet of Lanie Whittaker, Jessica Beard, Erica Alexander and Takecia Jameson, the gold medallist in the 400m hurdles, stormed to a fourth successive US win in the event in 3:30.19.In a terrific scrap for the silver the Ukrainian quartet set a national junior record of 3:34.20 to hold off the challenge of bronze medallists Australia by 0.03.It was fitting that Jeshua Anderson, one of the athletes of the championships, anchored the US to their 11th gold medal of the championships in the men&rsquo;s 4x400m.Anderson, won ran a world-class 48.68 to win 400m hurdles gold on Friday, saw the US team of Marcus Boyd, Bryan Miller, O&rsquo;Neal Wilder home to the gold in a world lead time of 3:05.82. Great Britain, who enjoyed a strong final day of the championships, won silver in 3.05.82 with Germany taking bronze in 3:06.47.Steve Landells for the IAAF

Abreham Cherkos of Ethiopia obliterated the 5000m championship record and the USA enjoyed more relay joy as the curtain came down on the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland in front of more than 12,000 spectators in the Zawisza Stadium.

Cherkos's championships record and three world junior leads conclude World Junior Champs - day six report

The city of Bydgoszcz seems to bid well for the Shabanov family. 
18-year-old Konstantin, the pre-event favourite to win the men’s 110m Hurdles World Junior title, fulfilled the expectations by taking gold in a new World Junior leading 13.27 twenty nine years after his father and coach Georgiy won the European Junior bronze medal in the same event and at the same venue.
Father also a medallist in Bydgoszcz
Shabanov senior who had run 14.24 to win his only international medal in 1979 was an extremely proud father as he was watching his son take a well deserved lap of honour.
“I am obviously very proud,” said the 48-year-old who is also Konstantin’s individual coach. “I have been waiting for this moment for a long time and for it to happen here in Bydgoszcz it’s something special.”
Konstantin was the class of the field, his World Junior leading time and national junior record of 13.32 set on 17 June in Cheboksary making him the hottest favourite for gold. But it wasn’t just the record books who made him the favourite, it was the manner in which he mastered the heats and the semi-finals.
Undefeated outdoors this year, Shabanov ran a very aggressive race in today’s final, taking the lead from the gun and increasing it with his every step. A flawless hurdling technique and a natural speed helped him cross the line with 18 hundredths of a second to spare and enough time to raise his arms in victory.
“I feel very good,” he explained through the help of a translator. “I am the best junior runner in the world so of course I can only be satisfied. I just did what I had to do.”
Hoping to be in Beijing
Shabanov who will be competing at the Russian National Championships held from 17-20 July in Kazan with the aim of upsetting the seniors and maybe grabbing an Olympic qualifier, admits that he has seldom competed over the 1.06m high hurdles as opposed to the Junior 90cm hurdles. 
“I don’t do the high hurdles very often. I do not have a personal best on senior hurdles but I am aiming to perform well in our senior championships in Kazan,” he revealed.
A native of Pskov located in the north-west of Russia about 20km east from the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River, Shabanov made his beginnings in athletics aged 13 inspired by his father. 
“I did a bit of everything, all the disciplines of the decathlon, the Long Jump especially and the hurdles of course. But I decided to specialize in the hurdles because of my father. I wanted to be like him.”
Shabanov who trains seven days a week and reveals he has no time for anything but athletics training, competed in the second track final on the last competition day here in Bydgoszcz after a two-hour rain storm left the track wet and humid.
“It didn’t matter that the track was wet,” he explained. “I am used to these circumstances because in Russia we have very similar weather.”
A Moscovite student, Shabanov explained he would have not much energy left to celebrate his victory.
“I am very tired, I have been training very hard and the competition here was tough. This is the quickest I’ve ever run and it’s never easy to run a personal best.”
Laura Arcoleo for the IAAF
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The city of Bydgoszcz seems to bid well for the Shabanov family.

Shabanov runs on father's track in Bydgoszcz

One of two field events finals on the sixth and last competition day at the IAAF World Junior Championships, the men’s High Jump proved a superb competition with a World Junior leading performance of 2.26 for gold medal winner Bohdan Bondarenko of the Ukraine and the third medal of the week for Poland courtesy of Sylwester Bednarek.
With 14 athletes having advanced past Friday’s qualification round, today’s final started quietly as only nine were still in contention at 2.17, the first major casualty being Egypt’s Karim Samir Lofty, Co- World junior leader, and disappointing last with 2.08, 17 centimetres off his personal best.
With three more athletes eliminated at that height and then another three at 2.21, only three jumpers remained in contention. We had the medallists we only needed the order. 
As the bar moved up to 2.24, Bondarenko, Bednarek and Spain’s Miguel Angel Sancho were tied in first all three athletes having a clear sheet up until 2.17 and a failure at 2.21.
Bondarenko and Bednarek both sailed over the bar with their first try, the Polish 19-year-old who was fourth in Marrakech 2005 and Beijing 2006 obviously receiving the loudest cheer from the crowd.
However, Sancho had three failures and had to be content with bronze one year after finishing just outside the medals in Ostrava's World Youth Championships.
Leading the World junior lists at 2.25, Bondarenko went one centimetre higher with a clean first time clearance at 2.26. The pressure was now on Bednarek but the Polish champion did not clear. He decided to save his last two attempts for a would-be personal best 2.28 but although very close, he failed both.
Bondarenko also failed three times at 2.28 but it didn’t matter anymore, the gold medal was his. 
“I am very satisfied,” said Bondarenko who was third two years ago in Beijing. “The competition was very tough, especially Sylwester. I like the atmosphere here and would love to come back and compete here again.”
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Laura Arcoleo for the IAAF

One of two field events finals on the sixth and last competition day at the IAAF World Junior Championships, the men’s High Jump proved a superb competition with a World Junior leading performance of 2.26 for gold medal winner Bohdan Bondarenko of the Ukraine and the third medal of the week for Poland courtesy of Sylwester Bednarek.

Bondarenko and Bednarek make the show in men's High Jump final

Shangxue Xi caused an upset in the women’s discus, throwing a season’s best 54.96m in the third round. The 19-year-old Chinese was only eighth best on season’s form going into the final. Germany’s Julia Fischer, whose boyfriend David Storl won the shot put earlier in the week, failed to do the same, recording a best of 54.69m in the second round. Croatia’s European and World youth silver medallist Sandra Perkovic took the bronze with 54.24m. Anna Jelmini, the American who led the season’s rankings with 56.06m, could manage only 49.46 for seventh place. Performances were generally down, with Shangxue, the only athlete to set a season’s best, saying the damp conditions did not help. “The result was good, although it could have been better if it wasn’t so wet,” she said. Paul Halford for the IAAF

Shangxue Xi caused an upset in the women’s discus, throwing a season’s best 54.96m in the third round.

Women's Discus Throw

Great Britian's Stephanie Twell ran a welltimed race to win the women's 1500m final at the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships on Sunday.
So timely was Twell's race, she won by about 15 metres, though she did not make her move until 200m to go.
Ethiopian Kalkidan Gezahegne went out early and was unchallenged for the first 400m. Her teammate Asmerawork Bekele joined her, but she was the first to pass the 800m mark at 2:25.30.
At the bell lap, Gezahengne, who has a personal best of 4:15.2, was going at 3:14.74, but that was all left in her leg. Unfortunately Bekele’s chances vanished as her shoe came off her foot colliding with other runners.
Leaving the backstretch, Twell made her move and by time she reached the 200m mark, she was ahead.
Entering the homestretch, Twell opened her lead and power down the straight to take victory in 4:15.09 seconds.
Gezahegne held on for second in 4:16.58 while Britain's second entire – Emma Pallant was third in 4:17.06.
"I am very happy," Twell said. "Being a World junior champion it feels really great. I came here to win and I did it. Now I don't think about anything else but to keep running and keep improving." Jordan Hasay who was a surprise finalist at last week’s US Olympic Trials in Eugene and had to delay her arrival in Bydgoszcz for that reason was fourth in 4:19.02 with a gutted Bekele down in ninth. Anthony Foster for the IAAF

Great Britian's Stephanie Twell ran a well-timed race to win the women's 1500m final at the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships on Sunday.

Women's 1500m

Ethiopia’s Abreham Cherkos moved up from silver two years ago in Beijing to take an expected victory.
In 2006 Cherkos ran 12:54.19 to become the fastest-ever 16-year-old, but went on to be beaten at the World Juniors that year by Tariku Bekele. However, he made no mistake this time, moving ahead of long-time leader Matthew Kipkoech Kisorio just before the bell.
Cherkos set a Championship best of 13:08.57 to finish exactly three seconds in front of Kisorio. Ethiopia’s Dejen Gebremeskel was closing rapidly on the Kenyan in the home straight, but had to settle for third in 13:11.97.
Kenya’s Vincent Yator had led the field through the opening kilometre in 2:39.91. With the group down to the five, they passed 2km in 5:21.18.
Just after seven laps, the eventual medallists sped up to move themselves clear. They went through 3km in 7:57.57 and 4km in 10:34.26.
Cherkos, who was eighth in last year’s IAAF World Championships and will compete at this year’s Olympics, said: “I expected to win because I had the best PB here and I was in good shape, but you never know with the Kenyans, they can be dangerous.”
Paul Halford for the IAAF
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Ethiopia’s Abreham Cherkos moved up from silver two years ago in Beijing to take an expected victory.

Men's 5000m

The United States of America dominated from start to finish to win the final event of the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships, the men's 4x400m relay.
The combination of Marcus Boyd; Bryan Miller; O'Neal Wilder; Jeshua Anderson, in running order took victory in 3:03.86, the best time by any Junior team this year.
Boyd led off with 44.87 to Miller, who split 48.42 before third leg runner Wilder and anchorman Anderson completed the race with 46.15 and 46.16 respectively.
Boyd said: "I was tired from the four prior races, but I did my best and managed to put the team into the lead."
Miller added: "I ran the best I could to keep the lead," while Anderson said: "I just needed to relax and take my team home."
Great Britain finished second in a season best 3:05.82 while Germany ended third, also in a season best 3:06.47.
Bahamas who was still in contention after the first leg, lost all chances of a medal as Jeffrey Gibson fell heavily on the floor with 150 metres to go. Anthony Foster for the IAAF

The United States of America dominated from start to finish to win the final event of the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships, the men's 4x400m relay.

Men's 4x400m relay

One of two field events finals on the sixth and last competition day at the IAAF World Junior Championships, the men’s High Jump proved a superb competition with a World Junior leading performance of 2.26 for gold medal winner Bohdan Bondarenko of the Ukraine and the third medal of the week for Poland courtesy of Sylwester Bednarek.
With 14 athletes having advanced past Friday’s qualification round, today’s final started quietly as only nine were still in contention at 2.17, the first major casualty being Egypt’s Karim Samir Lofty, Co- World junior leader, and disappointing last with 2.08, 17 centimetres off his personal best.
With three more athletes eliminated at that height and then another three at 2.21, only three jumpers remained in contention. We had the medallists we only needed the order. 
As the bar moved up to 2.24, Bondarenko, Bednarek and Spain’s Miguel Angel Sancho were tied in first all three athletes having a clear sheet up until 2.17 and a failure at 2.21.
Bondarenko and Bednarek both sailed over the bar with their first try, the Polish 19-year-old who was fourth in Marrakech 2005 and Beijing 2006 obviously receiving the loudest cheer from the crowd.
However, Sancho had three failures and had to be content with bronze one year after finishing just outside the medals in Ostrava's World Youth Championships.
Leading the World junior lists at 2.25, Bondarenko went one centimetre higher with a clean first time clearance at 2.26. The pressure was now on Bednarek but the Polish champion did not clear. He decided to save his last two attempts for a would-be personal best 2.28 but although very close, he failed both.
Bondarenko also failed three times at 2.28 but it didn’t matter anymore, the gold medal was his. 
“I am very satisfied,” said Bondarenko who was third two years ago in Beijing. “The competition was very tough, especially Sylwester. I like the atmosphere here and would love to come back and compete here again.”
Laura Arcoleo for the IAAF

- One of two field events finals on the sixth and last competition day at the IAAF World Junior Championships, the men’s High Jump proved a superb competition with a World Junior leading performance of 2.26 for gold medal winner Bohdan Bondarenko and the third medal of the week for Poland courtesy of Sylwester Bednarek.

Men’s High Jump

13 July 2008World season leader Konstantin Shabanov of Russia, who had been impressive throughout Friday’s first round heats and yesterday’s semi-finals, lived-up to his status of pre-event favourite outclassing the rest of the field in a new personal best and World Junior leading time of 13.27 in the men’s 110m Hurdles.
Shabanov had metres to spare over fast finishing Booker Nunley of the US who claimed silver in 13.45 with Jamaica’s Keiron Stewart winning the race for bronze over Saudi Arabia’s Sami Ahmed Al-Hayder as both were timed in 13.51, a new Asian record for the Saudi.
It was a very tight finish with Aleksey Dremin also of Russia in fifth at 13.52 and Jin Nakamura, one hundredth of a second adrift for his second Japanese Junior record in two days.
In seventh Hugary’s Balazs Baji also lowered the national junior record he set in yesterday’s semis to 13.60.
"I am very happy with my results. I am the best junior runner in the world so of course I can only be satisfied," said Shabanov.&nbsp;"I just did what I had to do."
Competing over the Junior hurdles (99cm) Shabanov was impressive right from the gun, his aggressive style leaving nothing to fate. Arguably the best technician in the race, Shabanov was flawless over each of the ten barriers and never challenged.
Nakamura in lane 2 and Stewart on the outside were also fast starters with Al-Hayder also in the mix. In contrast, Nunley was trailing in fifth up until halfway and that is when the American started to make his move.
Nunley’s last two hurdle flights were impressive and the 18-year-old American managed to recover from a poor first half of the race to cross the line a clear second.
Stewart heavily hit hurdles 8, 9 and 10 which cost him the silver medal but luckily for the Jamaican he had a better dip than Al-Hayder and fast finishing Dremin.
Laura Arcoleo for the IAAF

- World season leader Konstantin Shabanov of Russia, who had been impressive throughout Friday’s first round heats and yesterday’s semi-finals, lived-up to his status of pre-event favourite outclassing the rest of the field in a new personal best and World Junior leading time of 13.27 in the men’s 110m Hurdles.

Men’s 110m Hurdles

A gallant last lap effort from Jonathan Muia Ndiku won the men's 3000m steeplechase on Sunday's final day of the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships.
Ndiku's effort – 8:17.28 – to win the final was a personal best.
The Kenyan trailed for the entire race, as it wasn't until the home straight he overtook leader Benjamin Kiplagat of Uganda.
Kiplagat, who led from the start, weakened during the last lap and could not reply when he was overtaken.
Kiplagat, who had a 15m lead at the 1000m mark, which he past in 2:34.51 seconds, extended his lead after 2000m.
At this point, Kiplagat was timed in 5:23.21, and although he reached the bell lap at 7:09.7 with a 10m lead, that was all he had left in him.
&nbsp;Kiplagat finished second in 8:19.24 while Kenya's other entire, Legese Lamiso, who was toe-to-toe with Kiplagat until the last lap, was third in 8:25.14, also a personal best effort.
Ndiku said he knew he would have caught up with Kiplagat, because "Kenyan runners just work harder."
As for Kiplagat, who gave up a very good lead, "I was running probably too fast, then I had less power to win."
Dereje Abdi and Legese Lamiso, both Ethiopians, who were alongside the Kenyans up to the half way stage, dropped back to fourth and fifth in 8:32.98 and 8:38.34 respectively. Anthony Foster for the IAAF

A gallant last lap effort from Jonathan Muia Ndiku won the men's 3000m steeplechase on Sunday's final day of the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships.

Men's 3000m Steeplechase

The IAAF News service from Bydgoszcz was brought to you by Laura Arcoleo, Anthony Foster, Paul Halford and Steve Landells.
Many thanks also to Hamish Blair and Michael&nbsp;Steele of Getty Images and photo editor Virginie Ocquidant.&nbsp;
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Many thanks to the IAAF News Team in Bydgoszcz

IAAF News Team in Bydgoszcz

Walter Henning proves that small guys can win by setting an Area record and leading the US to an historic one-two in the men&rsquo;s hammer.
Henning was one the shortest and lightest men in the final &ndash; he stands at 1.79m and weighs in at 100kg &ndash; but he did not let his lack of bulk or inches stop him from dominating the competition.
You don't need to be huge
He took a first round lead of 76.14m and, with the gold medal already in his pocket, he launched the hammer out to a new Area record of 76.92m in the final round to take gold from compatriot Conor McCullough (75.88m).
However, Henning, from Long Island, New York, told the IAAF website that being smaller is not necessarily a disadvantage.
&ldquo;The good thing about the hammer is you don&rsquo;t need to be huge, although obviously it helps,&rdquo; Henning explained. &ldquo;You need a lot of speed, which helps, and it is very, very technical. My speed and technique works for me.&rdquo;
The USA boasts a rich tradition in the men&rsquo;s shot but has historically made less of an impact in the other throws, including the hammer. Yet Henning&rsquo;s gold medal &ndash; the USA&rsquo;s first in this event in the 22-year history of the championships &ndash; suggests better times are ahead in the event.
But why is it that the US has performed better in the shot rather than the hammer?
&ldquo;The shot is all about strength and we have plenty of big guys in the US. All I know is how well Conor has been throwing and I know how well I&rsquo;ve been throwing. We&rsquo;ve had very good coaches and people supporting us along the way.&rdquo;
The genesis of Henning&rsquo;s interest in athletics stemmed from his father, also called Walter, who was a 16m high school shot putter and 50m discus thrower. Henning junior played a range of sports from soccer to baseball to volleyball and lacrosse but athletics was always his No.1 passion and he started life as a multi-eventer.
Hammer is a real thrill
He later tried his hand at the shot and discus until finally settling on his current discipline.
&ldquo;The hammer is one of those events where there is nothing like it,&rdquo; he explained. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s real fun to do compared with anything else. It&rsquo;s a real thrill when it goes right.&rdquo;
After initially being coached by his father he later came under the guidance of 1952 Olympic hammer thrower Marty Engel. Last autumn he moved to the University of North Carolina and was coached by 2004 Olympic shot putter Laura Gerraughty but in April he transferred to Louisiana State University where he now coached by Derek Yush.
But why does he believe he has enjoyed such a successful season in 2008?
&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve discovered this thing called tough skin &ndash; a spray which all the hammer throwers use - which makes your hands a little stickier and that means I&rsquo;m able to relax my arms better. That and the technical work I&rsquo;ve done with my coach, Derek, has given me an edge.&rdquo;
Henning now wants to relax, have a fun summer before focusing his efforts on the 2009 campaign
&ldquo;My big goal next year to make it to Berlin (for the 2009 IAAF World Championships) but it is going to take a lot of work to do that.&rdquo;
Steve Landells for the IAAF

Walter Henning proves that small guys can win by setting an Area record and leading the US to an historic one-two in the men’s hammer.

WORLD ATHLETICS U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS

12,000 attend last competition day as World Junior Champs conclude in Bydgoszcz

With Pallant's success, Holmes’ nurturing bears fruit

Well-timed Twell overwhelmed about 1500m victory

Ndiku’s crash-course does the trick

Women's 4x400m