Trentavis Friday took the 200m title at the IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014 on the appropriate day of the week.

Ashraf Amgad Elseify became the first athlete to successfully defend his title at the IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014, in Eugene as the Qatari dominated the hammer final with a world-leading mark of 84.71m, just under a metre shy of his world junior record of 85.57m set two years ago when winning at Barcelona 2012.

The 16th Asian Junior Championships, held at the Taipei City Stadium in Chinese Taipei, ended on Sunday (15) after four days of competition as several of Asia’s top teenagers demonstrated their talent ahead of the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships next month.