2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics

2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics

File:Moncton 2010 logo iaaf.jpg
Host city	Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Nations participating	163
Athletes participating	1313
Events	44
Dates	19–25 July
Main venue	Moncton Stadium
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The 13th World Junior Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes under the age of 20 which was held at the Moncton Stadium in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada from 19–25 July 2010. A total of 44 athletics events were contested at the Championships, 22 by male and 22 by female athletes. It was the second time that the event took place in Canada, after the 1988 edition in Sudbury. This became the last event announced by Scott Davis.

The New Moncton Stadium was built specifically to host the championships

Katsiaryna Artsiukh of Belarus, the winner of the women's 400 m hurdles title, had a positive test for Metenolone (a banned steroid) on the day of her victory. She was banned from the sport for two years.

Opening ceremony

The competition opened the evening of 19 July and, following a ninety-minute light and music presentation, the championships were officially opened by the Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper and Gary Lunn, the Minister for Sport. One event was held on the first day, the women's 3000 metres, and the Prime Minister awarded Mercy Cherono with the first gold medal of the competition.

Men's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Dexter Lee Jamaica	10.21	Charles Silmon United States	10.23 PB	Jimmy Vicaut France	10.28
	Pre-race favourite Dexter Lee became the first man to win two consecutive 100 m titles at the competition.
200 m	Shōta Iizuka Japan	20.67	Aliaksandr Linnik Belarus	20.89	Aaron Brown Canada	21.00 PB
	Iizuka became Japan's first sprint winner at the championships. The highly favoured Dexter Lee had a false start in the heats.
400 m	Kirani James Grenada	45.89	Marcell Deák-Nagy Hungary	46.09	Errol Nolan United States	46.36
	James won but was still disappointed with his performance, saying: "I don't care about championships, I just care about running fast."
800 m	David Mutinda Mutua Kenya	1:46.41 PB	Casimir Loxsom United States	1:46.57 PB	Robby Andrews United States	1:47.00
	With their second- and third-place finish, Loxsom and Andrews became the first American males to medal in a middle distance event at the world junior championships.
1500 m	Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku Kenya	3:37.30 PB	Abderrahmane Anou Algeria	3:38.86	Mohamad Al-Garni Qatar	3:38.91
5000 m	David Kiprotich Bett Kenya	13:23.76	John Kipkoech Kenya	13:26.03 PB	Aziz Lahbabi Morocco	13:28.92 NJR
10,000 m	Dennis Chepkongin Masai Kenya	27:53.88 WJL	Gebretsadik Abraha Ethiopia	28:03.45 PB	Paul Kipchumba Lonyangata Kenya	28:14.55 PB
	Dennis Masai won his first international medal, following his siblings Moses Ndiema Masai and Linet Masai onto the global stage.
110 m hurdles (99.0 cm)	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde France	13.52	Vladimir Vukicevic Norway	13.59	Jack Meredith Great Britain	13.59
400 m hurdles	Jehue Gordon Trinidad and Tobago	49.30	Takatoshi Abe Japan	49.46 PB	Leslie Murray U.S. Virgin Islands	50.22 SB
3000 m steeplechase	Jonathan Muia Ndiku Kenya	8:23.48	Albert Kiptoo Yator Kenya	8:33.55 PB	Jacob Araptany Uganda	8:37.02
4×100 m relay	United States Michael Granger Charles Silmon Eric Harris Oliver Bradwell	38.93 WJL	Jamaica Brandon Tomlinson Bernardo Brady Odane Skeen Dexter Lee	39.55 SB	Trinidad and Tobago Jamol James Sabian Cox Moriba Morain Shermund Allsop	39.72 SB
4×400 m relay	United States Joshua Mance Errol Nolan David Verburg Michael Berry	3:04.76 WJL	Nigeria Japhet Samuel Tobi Ogunmola Jonathan Nmaju Salihu Isah	3:06.36 NJR	Great Britain Nathan Wake Dan Putnam Sebastian Rodger Jack Green	3:06.49 SB
10,000 m walk	Valery Filipchuk Russia	40:43.17 WJL	Cai Zelin China	40:43.59 PB	Petr Bogatyrev Russia	40:50.37 PB

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Mutaz Essa Barshim Qatar	2.30	David Smith United States	2.24 PB	Naoto Tobe Japan	2.21 SB
Pole vault	Anton Ivakin Russia	5.50 WJL	Claudio Stecchi Italy	5.40 PB	Andrew Sutcliffe Great Britain	5.35 PB
Long jump	Luvo Manyonga South Africa	7.99	Eusebio Cáceres Spain	7.90	Taylor Stewart Canada	7.63
	Manyonga emulated Godfrey Khotso Mokoena to become the second African ever to medal in the long jump at the championships. Stewart won Canada's first medal with his final effort.
Triple jump	Aleksey Fyodorov Russia	16.68	Ernesto Revé Cuba	16.47	Omar Craddock United States	16.23
Shot put (6 kg)	Jacko Gill New Zealand	20.76 WJL	Božidar Antunović Serbia	20.20 NJR	Ding Yongheng China	20.14 PB
	The 15-year-old Gill beat out Antunovic (age 18) and Ding (age 19), surpassing Usain Bolt as the youngest ever world junior champion.
Discus throw (1.750 kg)	Andrius Gudžius Lithuania	63.78	Andrei Gag Romania	61.85 PB	Julian Wruck Australia	61.09
Hammer throw (6 kg)	Conor McCullough United States	80.79 CR, NJR	Ákos Hudi Hungary	78.37	Alaa El-Din El-Ashry Egypt	76.66 PB
Javelin throw	Till Wöschler Germany	82.52 WJL	Genki Dean Japan	76.44 PB	Dmitri Tarabin Russia	76.42
Decathlon (junior)	Kevin Mayer France	7928 PB	Ilya Shkurenev Russia	7830 PB	Marcus Nilsson Sweden	7751 PB
	Kevin Mayer defended a first-day lead and won the title in the 1500 m final event, overtaking Russian Ilya Shkurenev.

Women's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Jodie Williams Great Britain	11.40	Takeia Pinckney United States	11.49	Jamile Samuel Netherlands	11.56
	Reigning youth champion Jodie Williams extended her undefeated streak to win her first junior title.
200 m	Stormy Kendrick United States	22.99 PB	Jodie Williams Great Britain	23.19	Jamile Samuel Netherlands	23.27
	Kendrick produced a lifetime best to finally bring an end to Jodie Williams' four-year-long, 151-race winning streak.
400 m	Shaunae Miller Bahamas	52.52	Margaret Etim Nigeria	53.05	Bianca Răzor Romania	53.17
	Sixteen-year-old Miller overhauled the more favoured Etim, who held the world junior leading time.
800 m	Elena Mirela Lavric Romania	2:01.85	Cherono Koech Kenya	2:02.29	Annet Negesa Uganda	2:02.51
1500 m	Tizita Bogale Ethiopia	4:08.06 PB	Ciara Mageean Ireland	4:09.51 NJR	Nancy Chepkwemoi Kenya	4:11.04 PB
3000 m	Mercy Cherono Kenya	8:55.07 WJL	Emebet Anteneh Ethiopia	8:55.24 PB	Layes Abdullayeva Azerbaijan	8:55.33 NJR
	Cherono took her second consecutive World Junior title, becoming the first woman to repeat as World Junior champion in the 3000 m.
5000 m	Genzebe Dibaba Ethiopia	15:08.06 CR	Mercy Cherono Kenya	15:09.19	Alice Aprot Nawowuna Kenya	15:17.39 PB
	A fraught duel between Mercy Cherono and Genzebe Dibaba was decided when Cherono stumbled in the final stages, allowing the Ethiopian to win.
100 m hurdles	Isabelle Pedersen Norway	13.30 NJR	Jenna Pletsch Germany	13.35	Miriam Hehl Germany	13.46
400 m hurdles	Vera Rudakova Russia	57.16 PB	Evonne Britton United States	57.32 PB	Shiori Miki Japan	57.35 NJR
3000 m steeplechase	Purity Cherotich Kirui Kenya	9:36.34 PB	Birtukan Adamu Ethiopia	9:43.23 PB	Lucia Kamene Muangi Kenya	9:43.71 PB
	A pile up at the water jump enabled Kirui to construct her victory. German, Spanish, Italian and Mexican junior records were broken and home athlete Genevieve Lalonde set a NACAC junior record.
4×100 m relay	United States Stormy Kendrick Takeia Pinckney Dezerea Bryant Ashley Collier	43.44 WJL	Germany Nadja Bahl Leena Günther Tatjana Pinto Stefanie Pähler	43.74 NJR	Netherlands Dafne Schippers Loreanne Kuhurima Eva Lubbers Jamile Samuel	44.09 NJR
4×400 m relay	United States Diamond Dixon Stacey-Ann Smith Laura Roesler Regina George	3:31.20 WJL	Nigeria Nkiruka Florence Uwakwe Bukola Abogunloko Chizoba Okodogbe Margaret Etim	3:31.84 SB	Jamaica Jody Ann Muir Janieve Russell Natoya Goule Chris-Ann Gordon	3:32.24 SB
10,000 m walk	Elena Lashmanova Russia	44:11.90 WJL	Anna Lukyanova Russia	44:17.98 PB	Kumiko Okada Japan	45:56.15
	Elena Lashmanova and Anna Lukyanova controlled the race for a Russian 1–2, leaving pre race favourite Kumiko Okada trailing for bronze.

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Marija Vuković Montenegro	1.91 NR	Airinė Palšytė Lithuania	1.89	Elena Vallortigara Italy	1.89
	Vuković became the first Montenegrin to win a medal of any kind in athletics.
Pole vault	Angelica Bengtsson Sweden	4.25 NJR	Victoria von Eynatten Germany	4.20	Holly Bleasdale Great Britain	4.15
Long jump	Irisdaymi Herrera Cuba	6.41 PB	Wang Wupin China	6.23	Marharyta Tverdohlib Ukraine	6.20
Triple jump	Dailenys Alcántara Cuba	14.09	Laura Samuel Great Britain	13.75 NJR	Deng Lina China	13.72 PB
Shot put	Geisa Arcanjo Brazil	17.02	Meng Qianqian China	16.94	Cui Shuang China	16.13
	Arcanjo became the first Brazilian junior woman to ever win a gold medal and the first Brazilian junior to win a gold medal since 1994.
Discus throw	Yaime Pérez Cuba	56.01	Erin Pendleton United States	54.96	Yuliya Kurylo Ukraine	53.96
Hammer throw	Sophie Hitchon Great Britain	66.01 NJR	Barbara Špiler Slovenia	65.28	Zhang Li China	63.96
Javelin throw	Sanni Utriainen Finland	56.69 PB	Līna Mūze Latvia	56.64 PB	Tazmin Brits South Africa	54.55
Heptathlon	Dafne Schippers Netherlands	5967 PB	Sara Gambetta Germany	5770 PB	Helga Margrét Thorsteinsdóttir Iceland	5706

Medal table

Mutaz Essa Barshim won Qatar's only gold in the men's high jump.

Kirani James of Grenada won 400 m gold after his silver in 2008.

Dafne Schippers won the heptathlon gold for the Netherlands.

      Host nation (Canada)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya	7	4	4	15
2	United States	6	6	3	15
3	Russia	5	2	2	9
4	Cuba	3	1	0	4
5	Ethiopia	2	3	0	5
6	Great Britain	2	2	4	8
7	France	2	0	1	3
8	Germany	1	4	1	6
9	Japan	1	2	3	5
10=	Jamaica	1	1	1	3
10=	Romania	1	1	1	3
12=	Lithuania	1	1	0	2
12=	Norway	1	1	0	2
14	Netherlands	1	0	3	4
15=	Qatar	1	0	1	2
15=	South Africa	1	0	1	2
15=	Sweden	1	0	1	2
15=	Trinidad and Tobago	1	0	1	2
19=	Bahamas	1	0	0	1
19=	Brazil	1	0	0	1
19=	Finland	1	0	0	1
19=	Grenada	1	0	0	1
19=	Montenegro	1	0	0	1
19=	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
25	China	0	3	4	7
26	Nigeria	0	3	0	3
27	Hungary	0	2	0	2
28	Italy	0	1	1	2
29=	Algeria	0	1	0	1
29=	Belarus	0	1	0	1
29=	Latvia	0	1	0	1
29=	Serbia	0	1	0	1
29=	Slovenia	0	1	0	1
29=	Ireland	0	1	0	1
29=	Spain	0	1	0	1
36=	Canada	0	0	2	2
36=	Uganda	0	0	2	2
36=	Ukraine	0	0	2	2
39=	Australia	0	0	1	1
39=	Azerbaijan	0	0	1	1
39=	Egypt	0	0	1	1
39=	Iceland	0	0	1	1
39=	Morocco	0	0	1	1
39=	United States Virgin Islands	0	0	1	1
	Total	44	44	44	132

• All Information taken from IAAF's website.

Participation

According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list, 1313 athletes from 163 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also

• List of junior world records in athletics
• 2010 in athletics (track and field)

References

Daily session reports

• Martin, David (2010-07-20). Moncton 2010 – Lee progresses easily to next round in the heat and humidity – Day one Morning WRAP. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-26.
• Martin, David (2010-07-20). Moncton 2010 – Masai scorches to 10,000m victory as Arcanjo wins Shot Put – Day One Evening WRAP. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-26.
• Martin, David (2010-07-21). Moncton 2010 – Russians blitz of one-two in Race Walk final – Day Three Morning WRAP. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-26.
• Martin, David (2010-07-21). Lee and Williams celebrate 100m victories – Day Three Evening session Wrap. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-26.
• Martin, David (2010-07-22). Lee disqualified for false start as torrential rain delays field events in Moncton – Day Four Morning Wrap. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-26.
• Martin, David (2010-07-22). Moncton 2010 – Kenya's Ndiku thwarts rivals with gun-to-tape 1500 win – Day Four Evening Wrap. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-26.
• Martin, David (2010-07-23). Filipchuk wins but Cai denies another Russian one-two in race walk – Day five morning wrap. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-26.
• Martin, David (2010-07-24). Stormy Kendrik finishes like a thunderbolt to win USA’s first championships gold – Day Five Evening Wrap. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-26.
• Martin, David (2010-07-24). Artsiukh’s blazing turn of speed in final 100 secures 400m Hurdles success – Day six Wrap. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-26.
• Martin, David (2010-07-25). Bogale wins 1500m but Ireland’s Mageean takes historical silver – Final Day Wrap. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-26.

External links

• Official results
• Official City of Moncton website
• Moncton 2010 Team Manual