Men 110 
metres Hurdles Final

As for the women’s race, 
there were no false starts in the men’s high hurdles final. 

The two Americans of the 
final, Antwon Hicks and Kenneth Ferguson had the fastest starts with Ferguson 
slightly ahead of Hicks at the first hurdle. Shamar Sands of the Bahamas and 
Richard Phillips of Jamaica were also running strongly in lanes 4 and 6 
respectively.

Ferguson and Phillips, 
whose strides between the hurdles weren’t of the fastest, gradually lost ground 
when reaching mid race. It was then that China’s Dongpeng Shi produced his 
effort and came back in contention for a medal. 

Hicks was smoothly running 
away from the rest of the field after clearing the 8th barrier and 
clocked a winning performance of 13.42. Shi – just as he had in the semi finals 
– had the best finish and claimed silver in 13.58. Sands clocked a time of 13.67 
which was good enough for bronze. Phillips and Ferguson eventually finished 
fourth and fifth with times of 13.90 and 13.91 respectively.

The race was run with a 
2.6m/s tail wind.

Men 110 metre Hurdles Final

Women 1500 
metres Final

In a 
thrilling 1500 metres final that saw the lead change several times, Viola 
Kibiwot ran a personal best performance of 4:12.57 to take the honours for 
Kenya.

At the start, 
it was Inna Poluskina of Latvia who made the first break, stepping up the pace 
100 metres into the race and breaking away from the pack, followed by Great 
Britain’s Lisa Dobriskey. The Latvian’s lead was not to last for long, as 
Dobriskey took command of the race to take the leaders through 400 metres in 
1:07.09, with the Latvian dropping back, it was the Kenyan duo of Viola Kibiwot 
and Pamela Kipchonge who moved up to shadow Dobriskey as she continued to make 
the running through 800 metres in 2:18.76.

Coming into 
the last lap but one, the Kenyans decided that it was time to make their moved 
and through the lap gradually edged out Dobriskey, with Kibiwot now in front, 
followed by Dobriskey, Russia’s Olesya Syreva and Ethiopia’s Berhane Herpassa.

Coming of the 
bell for the final lap in 3:25.44, Kibiwot accelerated, as her compatriot 
Kipchonge fell right off the pace and dropped back into the following pack, 
leaving Dobriskey, Herpassa and Syreva in contention just behind Kibiwot.

Coming out of 
the final bend, Herpassa tried to catch Kibiwot, but to no avail as the Kenya 
accelerated to hold her lead and take the tape in a personal best of 4:12.59.

Dobriskey 
tried to stay with Herpassa, but had given too much earlier in the race and was 
passed in the final metres by Syreva, who took bronze in a personal best 
4:14.32.

Women 1500 metres Final

Men 4 x 400 
metres Relay Final

With the 
Jamaican women’s team finishing our of the medal’s it was down to the Jamaican 
men to save the hosts’ honour in the final event of this 9th edition 
of the IAAF/Coca Cola World Junior Championships.

And the 
though they did not win, the Reggae boys gave a great display of courage to take 
a hard-earned silver and save the day with a national junior record.

Running for 
the hosts in the first leg, Sekou Clarke got off well in a well balanced field 
that included Kenneth Ferguson of the USA, Fujio 
Yamauchi&nbsp; 
for Japan and Miroslaw Sadej for Poland.

Coming up for 
the first exchange, Jamaica and the USA held a slight lead over the rest of the 
teams and Usain Bolt for Jamaica and Darold Williamson got away well. But as the 
leg progressed and the runners were able to fall out of their lanes, it became 
obvious that the young Jamaican giant had already given most of what he had to 
give in the earlier 4 x 100 relay, where he had run Jamaica’s anchor leg.

Coming up&nbsp; to 
the third exchange Williamson held a three metre lead and the Americans had a 
cleaner exchange as Williamson handed over to Ashton Collins.

Jermaine 
Myers took the stick from Bolt and was off in hot pursuit, followed by Yuki 
Yamaguchi &nbsp;(JPN) and Daniel Mazurek (POL).

But for the 
roaring crowd this was a two horse race as the US and Jamaica battled it out on 
the straight to the last exchange.

Last leg 
runner Jonathan Fortenberry for the US took the baton and was away with a 7-8 
metre headstart on the Jamaican anchor Jermaine Gonzales, who try as he may was 
unable to make it back to the American, despite closing the US lead down to 4 
metres as Fortenberry crossed the line in 3:03.71. Gonzales finished for Jamaica 
in a national junior record time of 3:04.06 and Yosuke Inoue came in third for 
Japan in an Asian junior record of 3:05.80.

In 5th 
position, the French team recorded a national junior record time of 3:07.26.

Men 4x 400 metres Relay Final

US 
quartet strikes again
21 July 2002 - The tradition wants that the 
four relays be run on the final day of the competition. 
It was the men’s 4x100m 
who offered the best technical results with the American team of Ashton Collins, 
Wes Felix, Ivory Williams and Willie Hordge establishing a new world junior 
record of 38.92.
The four teenagers 
became the first ever to dip under the 39-second barrier as the former world 
best was 39.00 held by another US team of Neal Jessie, Allen Franklin, Stanley 
Blalock and Dennis Mitchell since 1983.
The extraordinary 
performance was the result of the pure talent of the four athletes, the crowd’s 
massive support and the presence of what the world has best to offer in terms of 
junior sprinters.
Indeed, the USA had to 
fight hard to hold off brilliant teams from Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.
“We were very 
confident,” revealed Wes Felix who ran the second leg. “We were all aiming for 
gold because we know we have talent.”
Felix who was also a 
bronze medallist in the individual 200m turns 19 today and certainly couldn’t 
have hoped for a better present.
“These championships 
have been fantastic for me, two medals and a world record this is my best ever 
birthday.”
The US quartet admitted 
they had troubles with their first and second exchanges but were proud of their 
last exchange which set 100m bronze medallist Hordge on track for gold. 

“The only thing that 
was in my head when I had that relay baton was ‘stop the clock” were Hordge’s 
simple words.
The tactic was simple 
and clear as Williams explained: “my job was to hand the relay baton in first 
position to Willie. I knew that if I did, we would get gold.”
The American sprinters 
may not have noticed that around them both Trinidad and Jamaica were having 
great trouble with their exchanges but they certainly couldn’t help hearing the 
crowd.
“They have been great 
all week long but tonight was special,” commented Felix. “Jamaica is great”
From the stand former 
world record holder Leroy Burrell was a happy man. “I am proud of these boys. 
What they have accomplished is unbelievable. They competed against the best 
athletes in the world and obtained excellent results. They have just ensured 
that US sprinting carries on for years to come. They are the future of the sport 
in our country.”

The tradition wants that the four relays be run on the final day of the competition. 

US quartet strikes again

Men 4 x 100 
metres Relay Final

After a 
magnificent gold for the women’s 4 x100 relay team, the capacity crowd filling 
the National Stadium were all heated up for a repeat victory in the men’s event, 
but this was not to be.

Despite the 
incredible power of the Island’s Fusain Bolt running anchor, the Jamaican was 
unable to catch Willie Hordge running the American anchor leg who profited from 
a three metre advantage at the exchange to take the baton and head home, 
completing the race in a new World Junior Record time of 38.92 seconds.

Just behind 
him Bolt was being chased hard by Trinidad and Tobago’s young star Darrell Brown 
as Brown tried to make up for two poor exchanges by Burns and Holder that had 
cost the Trinidad team five metres at the final handover.

Brown almost 
did, but the young giant from Jamaica held the advantage, giving the hosts 
silver in a national junior record of 39.15 to Trinidad and Tobago’s own 
national junior record for bronze of 39.17, following on from the national 
record set in yesterday’s heats of 39.50.

Men 4 x 100 metres Relay Final

Only 
wind denies Tejeda of world record
21 July 2002 - The 
rhythm in the stands may have been of reggae, for the first final on the track 
it was a Cuban solo. 
19-year old Anay Tejeda, 
a member of the Havana athletics training centre, seemed like she was alone on 
the track.
With a personal best of 12.93 clocked at the recent CAC Junior Championships, 
Tejeda knew she was the favourite of tonight’s 100m hurdles final.
“I had the best time in 
the world this year, I was meant to win. But a race is never easy so I didn’t 
want too much pressure on myself. I knew I had the potential to win this race I 
just kept my concentration as high as possible.”
The effort produced by 
Tejeda was massive. She led the race from start to finish and had a breathtaking 
rhythm between the obstacles. Her only mistake was to slightly touch the third 
barrier with her lead leg. But that didn’t affect her race as she seemed 
unbeatable today.
“Anay has had a 
fantastic season this year”, explained her coach Orlando Meneses after 
congratulating her protégée. “She is unique in her mental strength. Her mental 
preparation and her concentration prior to each race are astonishing.” 

After crossing the 
finish line, Tejeda didn’t look at the time but headed for a well deserved 
victory lap. In the stands the 12.81 flashing on the score board had a sweet 
taste of world junior record but the mark would not be ratified as such. The 
wind was blowing at 3.4m/s and therefore the World Junior record remains the 
property of another Cuban, Aliuska Lopez with 12.84 (set in 1987).
When we mention the 
wind to Tejeda, she replies: “no I didn’t feel the wind, it didn’t affect me at 
all.”
But then we explain 
that if it hadn’t been for the wind her mark would have been a new world record 
and the little woman bursts into tears.
“We didn’t think about 
the world record at all”, explained Meneses. “All we were aiming for was the 
world title. We have worked very hard for her to peak at these championships so 
I think the world record story is a bit of a shock for her.”
Tejeda who most 
precious desire is to become “Olympic champion as soon as possible”, soon 
recovered from the shock and was all smiles while the Cuban national anthem was 
being played.
And it was the third 
time that the Jamaican crowd heard the Cuban anthem as Mabel Gay and 
David Giralt 
respectively in the women and the men triple jump had already claimed gold in 
these Championships.
With 
Arianna Martínez’s silver 
medal – in the triple jump – Cuba finishes fourth in the medal table per 
country.
“We are very happy”, 
commented former Olympic champion and IAAF Council member Alberto Juantorena. 
“We may have a small team but we are very strong. What makes Cuban athletes 
strong is their will to succeed and work hard to reach their goals.”

he rhythm in the stands may have been of reggae, for the first final on the track it was a Cuban solo

Only wind denies Tejeda of world record

Women 100 
metres Hurdles Final
This year’s 
world leader and the only junior athlete till then to break the 13-second 
barrier since 1997, Cuba’s Anay Tejeda started as the favourite for the 100m 
hurdles final.

Running in lane four and 
with her main rivals on both sides, Poland’s Agnieszka Frankowska in 3 and 
Germany’s Tina Klein in 5, Tejeda was the fastest out of the blocks. Despite 
hitting hurdle 3, Tejeda was never in danger and easily claimed the world junior 
title in the excellent time of 12.81. Unfortunately for world record purposes, 
the wind was over the permitted 2.0 m/s (3.4 m/s) and her time – 3 hundredths of 
a second faster than Aliuska Lopez’s World record of 12.84 – will only be 
registered among the windy performances.

Tejeda’s supremacy was 
such that she overshadowed the rest of the race.

Battling for the remaining 
honours were Austria’s Elisabeth Maurer in lane 2, Frankowska and Klein. Maurer 
heavily hit the last barrier and fell to the floor leaving silver to Frankowska 
in 13.16 and bronze to Klein in 13.23.

Women 100 metre Hurdles Final

Men Javelin 
Throw Final

Poland’s Igor 
Janik had this event sewn up from the start as he threw the winning distance of 
74.16 metres with his very first attempt and was unable to improve on this 
distance with his remaining five attempts, the last of which he fouled.

But that 
first big throw was all it took to win by a narrow margin of 7 centimetres from 
Russia’s Vladislav Shkurlatov, who improved to a personal best of 74.09 metres 
with his first throw to take silver ahead of Korea’s Sang-Jin Jung, who was the 
bronze medallist thanks to his first effort of 73.99 metres, once again a 
personal best.

Men Javelin Throw Final

21 July 2002The 
curtain was drawn on the IAAF/Coca Cola World Junior Championships in Kingston 
today and for its first ever World Athletic Series held in Jamaica, the IAAF 
could not be more than happy with the results and technical level of the 
competition.
With a total of three 
World Junior records – and two more to be ratified by 31 December 2002 –Kingston 
2002 has been the best Championships of the past decade.
Only Sudbury 1988 can 
claim a better record with four World junior marks established during that 
edition of the Championships. 
In the opening edition 
of the World Junior Championships in Athens 1986, two world records were set as 
one per edition were established in Plovdid 1990, Seoul 1992 and Sydney 1996. No 
world records were registered in Lisbon 1994, Annecy 1998 and Santiago de Chile 
two years ago.
In addition to Lashinda 
Demus’s 54.70 in the 400m hurdles, Carolina Kluft’s extraordinary tally of 6470 
points in the heptathlon and the US 4x100m quartet timed in 38.92, the 2002 
edition will eventually be credited of the best junior marks for the men’s shot 
put and discus throw. The implement being lighter in both disciplines since 1 
January 2002 following a decision of the IAAF Council, their marks will be 
officially considered as world records on 31 December 2002 should they remain 
the best in the world by a junior this year.
A total of 9 
Championships records were also bettered in Kingston. Four by the men and five 
by the women. The men were Darrel Brown of Trinidad in the 100m, Hillary 
Chenonge of Kenya in the 5000m, Louis van Zyl of South Africa in the 400m 
hurdles and USA in the 4x100m relay. The women were Lashinda Demus, Carolina 
Kluft, Floé Kühnert in the pole vault, Ivana Brkljacic in the hammer throw and 
Jamaica in the 4x100m relay.
Eight Continental 
records were also registered in Kingston and most impressively 73 national 
records.
37 Member Federations 
were listed on the medal Table with USA topping the standings (21 medals – 9 
gold, 5 silver, 7 bronze) ahead of Kenya (5 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze) and 
Ethiopia (3 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze). For the first time in the history of the 
championships, Antigua&nbsp; (1 silver), Kazakhstan (1 silver), India (1 bronze) and 
Luxembourg (1 bronze) were listed in the medal table.
No fewer than 83 
countries had athletes competing in the finals.
The number of countries taking part in the 
championships was officially 159 and the athletes competing 1040 – 619 men and 
421 women. Kingston 2002 is second only to Annecy 1998 in the list of editions 
with the highest number of countries participating. It tops the standings of 
participation nations in a World Junior Championship held outside Europe.
With a capacity crowd of 30,000 on the last day 
of competition, the Championships ended in tremendous celebration of athletics 
and international understanding.
Thank you Kingston - Thank you Jamaica!
&nbsp;

The curtain was drawn on the IAAF/Coca Cola World Junior Championships in Kingston today and for its first ever World Athletic Series held in Jamaica, the IAAF could not be more than happy with the results and technical level of the competition.


Kingston World Junior Championships the best of a decade

Women 5000 
metres Final

It looked as 
though Galina Ignateyeva (RUS) had declared herself the pacemaker for the 
women’s 5000 metres, as she led the field through 1000 metres in 3:09.20, 2000 
metres in 6:22.02 and 3000 metres in 9:42.17 before falling back as she 
succumbed to the heat and humidity to let China’s Yuhong Zhang take over the 
position in front of the pack

Behind 
Ignateyeva and then following on Zhang’s heels were Kenyans Frida Domongole and 
Vivian Cheruiyot, with their great Ethiopian rivals Meserret Defar and Tirunesh 
Dibaba.

Yuhong went 
through 4000 metres in the lead in 12:58.66 and the pack stayed together for the 
next 400 metres before the East African moved ahead of the lone Chinese athlete.

With the bell 
sounding, Cheruiyot turned up the pace and followed by the Ethiopian due broke 
away with Zhang still holding on in the rear. Coming into the home straight it 
was still Cheruiyot and then the Ethiopians hit the gas pedal and overtook the 
Kenyan to head for home with Defar in the lead and gradually pulling ahead of 
Dibaba.

Cheruiyot 
tried to hold on, with Zhang attempting to come back behind her, but she could 
not resist the Ethiopian’s finishing kick and this running order was held across 
the finish line, with Defar finishing first in 15:54.94, Dibaba 2nd 
in 15:55.99, Cheruiyyot 3rd in 15:56.04 and Zhang 4th in 
15:58.20.

Back in 10th 
position, Korea’s Jin-Sook Chang ran a national junior record of 16:17.56.

Women 5000 metres Final

Men Triple 
Jump Final

David Giralt 
continued in the tradition of Cuban triple jumpers when he won the final of the 
event here in Kingston this evening by just 2 centimetres from China’s Yanxi Li.

Giralt’s 
winning jump came with hjis second attempt of 16.68 metres&nbsp; into a 0.6 m/s 
headwind.

Li jumped a 
personal best of 16.66 metres for the silver medal with the same headwind at his 
fifth attempt after three fouls and one legal jump of 16.02.

Bronze was 
won by Russia’s Aleksandr Sergeyev with 16.55.

Men Triple Jump Final

Women Hammer 
Throw Final

Croatia’s 
Ivana Brkljacic gave her country its second gold medal of the Championships with 
a convincing win in the women’s hammer throw, as she successfully defended the 
title she won in Santiago in 2000 and bettering the competition record that she 
had set in Chile.

The winning 
throw came with Brkljacic’s 4th attempt, as she hurled the hammer out 
to a massive 65.18 metres, the fourth best junior mark in the world this year.

The Slovak 
Republic’s Martina Danisova was second&nbsp; with 63.91 metres, also achieved with 
her fourth effort.

The bronze 
medal went to Russia’s Yuliya Rozenfeld, whose best result came from her second 
round throw of 60.83 metres.

WORLD ATHLETICS U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS

Final day is magic in Kingston

Men Pole Vault Final

Women 4 x 100 metres Relay

Women 4 x 400 metres Relay Final

Men 1500 metres Final