This was an interesting finish to say the least.
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World Athletics:
Overall, Team USA took home 11 golds and 21 medals overall, more than double the next best country. *USATF
*Kenya Goes 1-2 In The Men's 800 With Kipyegon Bett Prevailing Over Willy Tarbei In 1:44.95 USA's Brian Bell was 7th.
*Amos Kirui Wins Steeplechase In 8:22 To Keep Kenya's Perfect 15 For 15 Junior Champs Streak Alive
LRC American Christina Aragon Gets 1500m Bronze At IAAF World U20 Championships
Aragon ran 4:08.71 for 3rd as Ethiopia's Adanech Anbesa (4:08.07) and Fantu Worku (4:08.43) went 1-2. Alexa Efraimson was 5th in 4:10.23.
*MB: Bronze for Aragon!
*IAAF race recap
World Athletics:
Taylor McLaughlin – older brother of high school Olympian Sydney – got silver in the 400H behind Jamaica's Jaheel Hyde. Kipyegon Bett ran the fastest 800 semis with 1:46.37 as USA's Brian Bell was the last man into the final.
*Ethiopia's Selmon Barega Gets 13:21 Victory In Men's 5000 Djibouti's Dijamal Direh lost in a sprint finish only .29 back.
*Ethiopia's Kalkidan Fentie Gets Upset Victory In Women's 5000 (15:29) Coming in, Fentie had one of the slowest PBs in the field with only a 16:26 to her name. US's Anna Rohrer was 11th (15:49).
*USATF: Dakin Volz Gets Surprise Win In Men's Pole Vault As USA Sweeps Men's And Women's 4 x 100 Gold Maybe the youngsters can teach the senior Olympic team something about good handoffs?
*IAAF Saturday AM Recap
World Athletics:
The diving finish in the men's 1500 tops their list.
LRC What a Day for High School Sprint Stars: Michael Norman Wins World Juniors 200m and Lyles Brothers Turn Pro
What a day for the high school graduates.
World Athletics:
Cockrell dominated the 400H running 55.20. Qatar's Abdalelah Haroun smoked the field in the 400 with 44.81 victory. *USATF
*Kenya's Caroline Chepteek Chespol Breaks Steeplechase Championship Record And World Under-18 Best With 9:25.15 Victory She destroyed the field winning by about 9-seconds.
*Morning Qualifying: Alexa Efraimson And Christina Aragon Both Advance To 1500m Final USA got one through to the men's 800 semi with Brian Bell as Kenya's World Youth champ Willy Tarbei ran the fastest time of the day (1:48.95).
LRC Candace Hill Wins World Junior Title in Championship Record of 11.07 - She's 1st American To Win 100m Title Since 2008
Is Hill starting to live up to the hype?
LRC Kenya's Kumari Taki Dives (Falls?) Across Line To Win Crazy World Junior 1500 Title
This was an interesting finish to say the least.
USATF:
LRC Noah Lyles wins 100m at 2016 World Juniors Championships
The American junior record holder at 200 is on top of the world at 100m.
Despite being a world junior champ in the hurdles, Krah still wants to try and excel at the LJ and TJ too.
*Candace Hill Says She Was So Nervous Before Winning World U20 Gold That She Almost Forgot The "Obligatory Smile And Wave" During Pre-Race Intros Hill says she might study sports journalism at the University of Georgia so maybe one day you'll be reading race recaps by her.
*France's And The University Of Florida's Yanis David Took On A Tough Jumping Double At World U20 Champs David overcame multiple fouls to win LJ gold while also jumping rounds in the TJ where fatigue caught up to her and she finished 9th.
*The World Under-20 Record Behind Him, Poland's Konrad Bukowiecki Has His Sights Set On The Senior Shot Put WR