Bressanone/Brixen – On Tuesday evening, a day before the start of the competition in the 6th IAAF World Youth Championships, Traves Smikle of Jamaica admitted to being “a bit concerned” with the distances his opponents had thrown in the discus. However the 17-year-old Jamaican went out and threw his personal best of 57.28m on his first effort without even taking off his... 

Bressanone/Brixen, Italy – American sprinter Ashton Purvis is out to redeem herself after a disappointing 2007 World Youth Championships in Ostrava. In Ostrava, Purvis ran 12.04 for seventh in the 100m final. She had times on 11.74 in the heats, 12.09 in the quarterfinals and 11.81 in the semi-finals, but said that disappointment makes her more determined to change this time around. “It’s... 

Bressanone/Brixen – After back to back silver medals at the last two IAAF age group championships, Granada’s Kirani James has his eyes set on not just gold medals at this sixth World Youth Championships in Brixen/Bressanone but also records. James who will turn 17 on September 1, was second in the 400m at the 5th WYC in Ostrava, Czech Republic in 2007 in 46.96 seconds and again... 

The 6th IAAF World Youth Championships started on a high note courtesy of Norway’s Isabelle Pedersen who won heat 2 of the girl’s 100m Hurdles in a new World Youth leading time of 13.35, an improvement over her personal best by more than two tenths of a second. Pedersen was a clear winner as Samantha Elliott of Jamaica and Rikenette Steenkamp of South Africa took the next automatic... 

World Youth Steeplechase best holder Korahubish Itaa and junior runner Emebet Anteneh will lead Ethiopia’s strong team of fifteen athletes for the 6th IAAF World Youth Championships in Bressanone, Italy (8-12 July 2009).  Ita’a, who improved the World 3000m steeplechase youth best in Huleva, Spain last month, is the star of a large Ethiopian. In addition to her 9:29.52... 

6th IAAF World Youth Championships – Bressanone, ITA – 8/12 July 2009       Entry Standards – Boys Event Fully Automatic Timing Hand Timing 100 Metres 11.35 11.1 200 Metres 22.90 22.7 400 Metres 50.50 50.4 800 Metres 1:58.00 1500 Metres 4:03.00 3000 Metres 8:56.00 110 Metres Hurdles (91.4cm) 14.50 14.3 400...