In many ways, 2019 wasn’t the easiest of years to make a breakthrough in the 400m hurdles.
Cuban Yarisley Silva produced the best performance of the third day of track and field at the Pan-American Games on Thursday (8), topping 4.75m to win the pole vault on another cold night at the “Estadio de la Videna” in Lima.
Rising Brazilian stars Paulo Andre Camilo de Oliveira and Alison Brendom Alves dos Santos commanded the spotlight on the fourth day of action at the World University Games at the San Paolo Stadium in Naples on Thursday (11).
Brazil’s world U20 bronze medallist Alison Brendom Alves dos Santos produced one of the best performances at the 43rd edition of the South American U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, on 15-16 June at the Estadio Pedro Grajales.