Eight years after his debut appearance at the European Combined Events Team Championships, two-time world indoor silver medallist Oleksiy Kasyanov of Ukraine is on course for his first victory in the super league division of the IAAF Combined Events Challenge meeting after a solid opening day in Tallinn on Saturday (1).

Dominant 400m hurdles victories by USA’s Norman Grimes and Sydney McLaughlin capped the penultimate day of the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 at Pascual Guerrero Stadium on Saturday (18), which once again played host to one of the largest crowds to ever witness these championships.

With an astonishing comeback on the second day of competition, Switzerland’s Geraldine Ruckstuhl moved from sixth to first and set a championship record of 6037 points to take gold in a thrilling finale to the girls’ heptathlon at the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 on Saturday night (18).