2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics
The 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics is the sixth edition of the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics. They were held at Brixen-Bressanone Sport Arena in Brixen, Italy from 8–12 July 2009. Athletes had to be aged 16 or 17 on 31 December 2009 (born in 1992 or 1993) to compete.[1]
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| Host city |  |
|---|---|
| Events | 40 |
| Dates | 8–12 July |
| Main venue | Brixen-Bressanone Sport Arena |
15-year-old Jodie Williams took the 100 m sprint title in a youth world leading time of 11.39. This was also a personal best for Williams, who had not lost a 100 m final since 2007.[2] Also winning the girls' 200 m, Williams became the first youth athlete ever to do so. A similar feat was achieved by Kirani James of Grenada, who won the boys' 200 and 400 metres.[3]
In winning the long jump, Supanara Sukhasvasti became Thailand's first-ever finalist, medallist and champion in an athletics global event of any age category. He is a descendant of King Rama IV.[4] With the 100 m hurdles, 17-year-old Isabelle Pedersen became Norway's first-ever World Youth champion. Her time of 13.20 in the semi finals was a national record and third all-time Youth best.[5] 16-year-old Italian Alessia Trost also became the host nation's first-ever World Youth champion.[6]
Johan Rogestedt of Sweden became the first European ever to win the 800 metres, usually dominated by East African runners.[7] In high jump, Russian-born Dmitriy Kroyter became Israel's first-ever world youth champion.
Medal summary
Boys
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m |
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| 200 m |
Kirani James | 21.05 PB | Alberto Gavalda | 21.33 SB | Keenan Brock | 21.39 |
| 400 m |
Kirani James | 45.24 CR WL PB | Joshua Mance | 46.22 PB | Awad El Karim Makki | 47.15 SB |
| 800 m | Johan Rogestedt | 1:50.92 PB | Peter Langat Kiplangat | 1:50.97 | Nicholas Kiplangat Kipkoech | 1:51.01 |
| 1500 m | Gideon Kiage Mageka | 3:37.36 WL | Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku | 3:38.42 | Girma Bekele.svg.png){kind=small} | 3:39.88 PB |
| 3000 m | Isaiah Kiplangat Koech | 7:51.51 CR | David Kiprotich Bett | 7:52.13 PB | Goitom Kifle | 8:05.83 PB |
| 2000 m st. | Hillary Kipsang Yego | 5:25.33 WL | Peter Kibet Lagat | 5:26.59 PB | Desta Alemu | 5:37.32 PB |
| 110 m H 91.4 cm | Dale Morgan | 13.28 WL | Jack Meredith | 13.33 PB | Gregory MacNeil | 13.51 |
| 400 m H 84.0 cm | Norge Sotomayor | 51.30 WL | Jeremiah Kipkorir Mutai | 51.45 PB | Jose Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon | 51.74 |
| 10,000 m track walk | Hagen Pohle | 41:35.99 CR WL PB | Dementiy Cheparev | 41:53.76 PB | Ihor Lyashchenko | 42:01.90 PB |
| Medley relay | Colin Hepburn Keenan Brock Dedric Dukes Joshua Mance | 1:50.33 WYB |  Jonathas da Silva Jean Roberto da Silva Jackson da Silva Leandro de Araújo | 1:52.66 SB |  Takumi Kuki Ryota Yamagata Ko Kayada Shogo Momiki | 1:52.82 SB |
| High jump | Dmitriy Kroyter | 2.20 | Janick Klausen | 2.20 PB | Django Lovett Daniil Tsyplakov | 2.17 PB 2.17 PB |
| Pole vault | Jin Min-sub | 5.15 PB | Carlo Paech | 5.10 | Daniel Clemens | 5.10 |
| Long jump | Supanara Sukhasvasti | 7.65 PB | Stefan Brits | 7.57 | Yannick Roggatz | 7.53 PB |
| Triple jump | Benjamin Williams | 15.91 PB | Supanara Sukhasvasti | 15.70 PB | Aleksandr Yurchenko | 15.66 PB |
| Shot put 5 kg | Ryan Crouser | 21.56 CR | Krzysztof Brzozowski | 20.89 PB | Frans Schutte | 20.37 PB |
| Discus 1.500 kg | Hamid Manssour | 64.20 | Ryan Crouser | 61.64 | Traves Smikle | 61.22 PB |
| Hammer 5 kg | Chen Hongqiu | 74.93 WL PB | Suhrob Khodjaev | 73.29 PB | Tomas Kruzliak | 72.17 |
| Javelin 700g | Shih-Feng Huang | 74.00 | Killian Durechou | 73.54 | Braian Toledo | 73.44 PB |
| Octathlon | Kevin Mayer | 6478 WL | Mohd Ahmed Al-Mannai | 6232 PB | Steffen Klink | 6217 PB |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) | ||||||
Girls
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | Jodie Williams | 11.39 WL PB | Allison Peter | 11.47 PB | Ashton Purvis | 11.48 SB |
| 200 m | Jodie Williams | 23.08 WL | Allison Peter | 23.08 WL | Ashton Purvis | 23.15 PB |
| 400 m | Ebony Eutsey | 52.88 | Michelle Brown | 53.44 | Sandra Wagner | 53.52 PB |
| 800 m | Cherono Koech | 2:01.67 CR | Ciara Mageean | 2:03.07 PB | Rowena Cole | 2:03.83 PB |
| 1500 m | Nelly Chebet Ngeiywo | 4:12.76 PB | Gete Dima | 4:15.16 | Amela Terzić | 4:16.71 PB |
| 3000 m | Purity Cherotich Rionoripo | 9:03.79 | Jackline Chepngeno | 9:05.93 PB | Genet Yalew | 9:08.95 PB |
| 2000 m st. | Korahubsh Itaa | 6:11.83 WYB | Lucia Kamene Muangi | 6:11.90 PB | Halima Hassen | 6:16.83 PB |
| 100 m H 76.2 cm | Isabelle Pedersen | 13.23 | Kori Carter | 13.26 PB | Bridgette Owens | 13.39 PB |
| 400 m H | Vera Rudakova | 57.83 WL | Danielle Dowie | 58.62 | Déborah Rodríguez | 59.71 PB |
| 5,000 m track walk | Elena Lashmanova | 22:55.45 WL | Yanelli Caballero | 22:59.27 PB | Svetlana Vasilyeva | 23:00.15 PB |
| Medley relay | Jordan Clark Ashton Purvis Briana Nelson Ebony Eutsey | 2:04.32 WL |  Anasztázia Nguyen Kriszta Komiszár Dorina Vincze Lilla Loránd | 2:09.22 PB |  Ana Maria Rosianu Ana Alungoaie Sanda Belgyan Adelina Pastor | 2:09.25 PB |
| High jump | Alessia Trost | 1.87 | Mariya Kuchina Amy Pejkovic .svg.png){kind=small} | 1.85 PB 1.85 PB |
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| Pole vault | Angelica Bengtsson | 4.32 WL | Michaela Meijer | 4.10 | Felicia Horvath Tatyana Stetsyuk | 4.00 PB 4.00 PB |
| Long jump | Minjia Lu | 6.22 | Alina Rotaru | 6.09 | Jennifer Clayton | 6.05 |
| Triple jump | Yana Borodina | 13.63 WL | Lina Deng | 13.57 PB | Valeriya Kanatova | 13.45 |
| Shot put | Lena Urbaniak | 15.28 | Margaret Satupai | 14.96 SB | Yangzi Dong | 14.65 PB |
| Discus | Li Shanshan | 51.65 | Alex Collatz | 50.09 | Shanice Craft | 49.15 |
| Hammer | Barbara Spiler | 59.33 | Kivilcim Kaya | 57.91 SB | Bianca Lazar Fazecas | 56.41 PB |
| Javelin | Anastasiya Svechnikova | 53.25 SB | You Wu | 52.04 PB | Laura Henkel | 51.47 PB |
| Heptathlon | Katarina Thompson | 5750 WL | Laura Ikauniece | 5647 PB | Kira Biesenbach | 5423 PB |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) | ||||||
Medals table
Kirani James of Grenada won a 200/400 m sprint double.
Angelica Bengtsson took the pole vault title for Sweden.
Jodie Williams won a 100/200 m sprint double for Great Britain.
Kévin Mayer of France won the decathlon.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 6 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 7 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 12 | | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 24 | | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 27 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 39 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (46 nations) | 40 | 41 | 41 | 122 | |
All Information taken from IAAF's website.[8]
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References
- IAAF, May 5, 2009: More than 170 nations to compete in Sϋdtirol – 2009 World Youth Champs. Accessed 2009-07-11. Archived 2009-09-08.
- "15-year-old Jodie Williams takes sprint titles". IAAF. 2009-07-09. Archived from the original on 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
- Williams and James achieve unprecedented doubles as Kenya steals the show in middle distance
- "Descendant of the Royal family grabs Thailand's first ever World gold medal". IAAF. 2009-07-10. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
- "World Youth gold is more than a dream come true for Pedersen". IAAF. 2009-07-09. Archived from the original on 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
- "Golden jump for Italy's Alessia Trost". IAAF. 2009-07-10. Archived from the original on 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
- A Swede steals Kenya's thunder at the World Youth Championships
- 2009 World Youth medal table . Accessed 2009-07-11. Archived 2009-09-08.
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