9th IAAF World Youth Champs 2015:15th~19th July (Pascual Guerrero Stadium, Cali)

[Socapro]

Don't know what went wrong but Akani Hislop ran slower in his Semi-Final (10.61) than in his Heat (10.53) this morning and failed to qualify for the Final.

He must be disappointed not to have run anywhere near to his PB and to have not at least make it into the 100m final especially seeing that the same time he ran in his Heat of 10.53 would have placed him 2nd in his Semi and would have given him a good lane in the final without even running faster.

Hopefully he can make up for his big disappintment in the 200m.

http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-youth-championships/9th-iaaf-world-youth-championships-2015-5408/results/men/100-metres/semi-final/result

HEAT 3 15 JUL 2015 18:39 WIND -0.2

POS    BIB    ATHLETE    COUNTRY    MARK       Reaction Time
1    65    Derick SILVA BRA    10.49 Q       0.000
2    279    Milo SKUPIN-ALFA GER    10.59 Q    PB    0.168
3    106    Wenyi LUO CHN    10.60       0.166
4    346    Xavior ANGUS JAM    10.61       0.181
5    578    Akanni HISLOP TTO    10.61       0.165
6    625    Micaiah HARRIS USA    10.67    PB    0.163
7    22    Jordan SHELLEY AUS    10.83       0.150
8    28    Maximilian MÜNZKER AUT    10.83       0.152

Derick Silva of Brazil wins Semi-Final 3 Boys' 100m WYC2015


Derick Silva of Brazil wins Semi-Final 3 Boys' 100m in 10.49 seconds at the 2015 IAAF World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia on Wednesday July 15, 2015.
Milo Skupin-Alfa of Germany finished second in 10.59 to claim the second automatic spot.
Akanni Hislop of Trinidad & Tobago shuts down and regrets after finishing fifth in 10.61 and failed to qualify. Later on we found out that Hislop shutdown because he felt something pulling with his hamstring.
Video Courtesy EUROSPORT

[Socapro]

Interestingly the final of the Boys' 100m has two Brazilians, two Japanese and two British athletes and zero American or Caribbean athletes.

http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-youth-championships/9th-iaaf-world-youth-championships-2015-5408/results/men/100-metres/final/startlist

15 JUL 2015 21:00

Order / Lane    Bib    ATHLETE    COUNTRY    SB 2015    PB
1    59    Paulo Andre DE OLIVEIRA    BRA    10.53    10.53
2    81    Chuba NWACHUKWU    CAN    10.55    10.55
3    65    Derick SILVA    BRA    10.38    10.38
4    254    Rechmial MILLER    GBR    10.45    10.45
5    373    Abdul Hakim SANI BROWN    JPN    10.30    10.30
6    247    Oliver BROMBY    GBR    10.42    10.42
7    279    Milo SKUPIN-ALFA    GER    10.59    10.59
8    368    Daisuke MIYAMOTO    JPN    10.50    10.50

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The Jap Abdul Hakim Sani Brown won the 100m final in a new championship record of 10.28.

Hislops' PB of 10.47 would have won him the silver had he made it to the final and was able to equal his PB.

http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-youth-championships/9th-iaaf-world-youth-championships-2015-5408/results/men/100-metres/final/result

15 JUL 2015 21:00 WIND -0.4

POS    BIB    ATHLETE    COUNTRY    MARK       Reaction Time
1    373    Abdul Hakim SANI BROWN JPN    10.28    CR    0.172
2    65    Derick SILVA BRA    10.49       0.168
3    254    Rechmial MILLER GBR    10.59       0.157
4    247    Oliver BROMBY GBR    10.60       0.165
5    81    Chuba NWACHUKWU CAN    10.60       0.152
6    279    Milo SKUPIN-ALFA GER    10.67       0.195
7    368    Daisuke MIYAMOTO JPN    10.78       0.175
8    59    Paulo Andre DE OLIVEIRA BRA    10.83       0.172

Abdul Hakim Sani Brown 10.28 (-0.4) CR 100m Final World Youth Champs 2015
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[Socapro]

Sani Brown sets New CR of 10.28 to win WYC 100m final
By Vaughan Nembhard, TrackAlerts.Com Writer
July 16th, 2015 12:21am (TrackAlerts.com)

Abdul Hakim Sani Brown of Japan set new 100m CR of 10.28

The evening session of day 1 at the IAAF WYC saw a couple more qualifying rounds and had the build of the final of the men’s 100m.

Rivaldo Leacock (BAH) 51.35 and Jauavney James (JAM) 52.38 PB advanced to the second round of the Men’s 400m hurdles.

Leading the way is Ryusei Fujii of Japan with 50.87, a World Youth Lead.

In the women’s section, Junelle Bromfield (JAM) 58.89 is in to the next round with the 3rd fastest time.

Jamaica's Leon Clarke 1:52.64 qualifies for the next round in the mens 800m.

In the semi finals of the men’s 100m, a bit of disappointment as the region failed to produce a finalist for the event. Highest finisher from the round was Xavier Angus 10.61 for 11th place.

The final of the men’s 100m, however, featured 2 athletes from Brazil, Japan and Great Britain with Germany and Canada occupying the other spots.

The night belonged to Abdul Hakim Sani Brown of Japan who lowered the CR to 10.28 to take gold. Brazil's Derick Silva 10.49 took the silver while Rechmial Miller 10.59 took the 3rd spot on the podium.


Japan's Abdul Hakim Sani Brown, Brazil's Derick Silva silver & Britain's Rechmial Miller on podium

[Socapro]

16 JUL 2015 REPORT CALI, COLOMBIA
BOYS' 100M – IAAF WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS, CALI 2015

Abdul Hakim Sani Brown wins the boys- 100m at the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 (Getty Images) © Copyright

Hands up who thinks Abdul Hakim Sani Brown has a cool name?

Well, at the Pascual Guerrero Stadium on Wednesday night {15), the Japanese proved he is one heck of sprinter too, by striking gold at the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 in a boys' 100m championship record time of 10.28 to announce himself as a star of the future.

Behind him, Derick Silva of Brazil lived up to his name by taking silver in 10.49 with Rechmial Miller pipping his fellow Brit Oliver Bromby by 0.01 to clinch bronze in 10.59.

Recording the same time as Bromby was Canadian Chuba Nwachukwu, who was awarded fifth. 

Yet this race was all about one man as Sani Brown dominated the final, establishing a clear advantage after 40 metres and then extending his lead in the latter stages to claim an emphatic win.

 Sani Brown was the class act of the field during the qualification rounds – trimming 0.01 from the championship record in the heats with 10.30 before matching that time in the semi-final running into a 1.2mps headwind.

The final had quite an unusual make up as it comprised no Jamaicans or Americans, but a pair of Japanese, Brazilian and British athletes as well as a Canadian and a German.

Sani Brown, with a characteristic low rise out of the blocks, made little early headway as the two men to his immediate inside, Miller and Silva, appeared to hold the marginal early advantage.

FAST FORWARD

However, as the race progressed Sani Brown – who has a Japanese mother and Ghanaian father – came to the fore, his slightly forward leaning gait no bar to taking control of the race.   

In the final 30 metres, the pre-event favourite came into his own opening up a wide and unassailable gap over his nearest pursuers to flash past the line in 10.28 – a time made even more impressive given it was into a slight headwind of 0.4mps.

Sani Brown, who stands at 1.87m tall and weighs 72kg, held a slightly goofy but endearing smile following his success in the mixed zone, but despite the improvement he knows there is room for improvement.

“I need to work more on my start, if I am to run quicker,” adds the naturally shy Sani Brown, who is targeting a 100m and 200m double in Cali.

Yet with the confidence you might expect from a sprinter when he was asked the question; did he expect to set the championship record in the final, the 16-year-old simply answered “yes.”

Silva had looked the best of the rest throughout the rounds and produced a solid run in the final to take second spot and earn Brazil’s first medal in this event at the World Youth Championships.

Miller, who chipped 0.05 from his best to record 10.45 in the semi-final, was rewarded with a bronze.

There will be more of the AHSB show when he returns for the 200m heats on Friday morning.

Earlier, one of the potential medal contenders Kyle Appel, for South Africa, was abruptly removed from the equation after making a false start in the first semi-final and he will return for the 200m Another semi-final victim was Australia’s highly-touted Jack Hale. The boy from Tasmania who recorded a wind-aided 10.13 last December trailed home a tired sixth in the second semi-final in 10.70. 

Steve Landells for the IAAF

[Socapro]

T&T St Fort hunts World Youth medal
By Kwame Laurence (T&T Express)
Published on Jul 15, 2015, 11:14 pm AST



RISING STARS: Maykel Demetrio Masso of Cuba, far left, Jack Hale of Australia, Candace Hill of the USA, Khalifa St Fort of Trinidad and Tobago and Santiago Hernandez of Colombia pose for a group picture, during a press conference prior to the start of the IAAF World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia, on Tuesday. —Photo: © Getty Images for IAAF

Khalifa St Fort is a strong contender for precious metal in today’s girls’ 100 metres dash, at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia. The American-born Trinidad and Tobago sprinter opens her medal quest in the preliminary round. The first heat is scheduled for 11.40am (T&T time). The semis will be contested from 7.10pm, and the final at 9.05pm.

St Fort is the second fastest entrant in the girls’ 100m with the 11.43 seconds personal best she clocked in Florida, USA on May 23. The fastest is American Candace Hill, who carries the favourite’s mantle after stopping the clock at a jaw-dropping 10.98 on June 20. The clocking is the world youth (Under-18) record, as well as the American junior (Under-20) record.

“People are expecting me to run that fast again,” said Hill at Tuesday’s IAAF press conference, “but I know that might have been a once-in-a-lifetime moment. The girl from Trinidad and Tobago is a great athlete. I feel like we’re going to go head-to-head in the finals.”

St Fort’s coach, T&T’s quadruple Olympic medallist Ato Boldon said at the press conference that Hill’s 10.98 run has served as a fillip for his athlete.

“Khalifa’s whole season changed when she saw that 10.98, because when someone she runs against runs a huge personal best, it shows you it’s possible. I know Khalifa is ready to run a personal best here and you can tie it to watching that 10.98.

“It’s the best thing that ever happened and it makes it easier to compete here because nobody is asking her questions. All the pressure is on Candace so it allows her to just come in and compete. She has done everything I’ve asked of her, (Candace Hill) is the only person to run faster than her; this is the beginning.”

St Fort is looking forward to stepping on the track in the Colombian city.

“My expectations are to execute my game plan well. Of course the goal is to get first, but I’ve come a long way and just to be here is an experience. Whatever the outcome is I’ll be happy.”

Another T&T athlete, Akidah Briggs will compete in the girls’ shot put qualifying competition from 10.35 this morning. The final is scheduled for 8.30pm.

Akanni Hislop was expected to face the starter late yesterday in the third and final boys’ 100m semi-final heat. The final was scheduled for ten o’clock last night.

Hislop was a runaway winner of heat two in the preliminary round of the boys’ century. The T&T sprinter clocked 10.53 seconds for a comfortable cushion on second-placed Jack Hale (10.66) of Australia.

Hislop had the sixth fastest time in the opening round. Japan’s Abdul Hakim Sani Brown, meanwhile, confirmed his status as favourite with victory in heat one in a Championship record time of 10.30 seconds. The previous Championship standard of 10.31 was established by T&T’s Darrel Brown in the 2001 final, in Debrecen, Hungary.

[Socapro]

IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015

Schedule

IAAF World Youth Championships – Cali 2015
Schedule Information (Assumes all TTO athletes will make their Finals)
Click Red links to view official Startlists & Results.

DAY 2 – 16 JULY

MORNING SESSION
LOCAL TIME   SEX   EVENT   ROUND
9:30   M   110m Hurdles (91.4cm)   Decathlon Boys
9:35   W   Shot Put (3kg)   Qualification (featuring Akidah Briggs)
10:00   M   High Jump   Qualification
10:05   M   3000 Metres   Heats
10:15   M   Discus Throw (1.500kg)   Decathlon Boys Group A
10:40   W   100 Metres   Heats (featuring Khalifa St. Fort)
11:25   M   Discus Throw (1.500kg)   Decathlon Boys Group B
11:35   W   1500 Metres   Heats
12:05   W   800 Metres   Heats
12:45   M   110m Hurdles (91.4cm)   Heats
12:50   M   Hammer Throw (5kg)   Qualification Group A
13:00   M   Pole Vault   Decathlon Boys
13:30   W   400 Metres Hurdles   Semi-Final
14:00   M   Hammer Throw (5kg)   Qualification Group B

AFTERNOON SESSION
LOCAL TIME   SEX   EVENT   ROUND
17:00   M   Javelin Throw (700g)   Decathlon Boys Group A
17:05   W   Pole Vault   Qualification
17:15   W   100m Hurdles (76.2cm)   Semi-Final
17:40   M   400 Metres   Semi-Final
18:10   W   100 Metres   Semi-Final (featuring Khalifa St. Fort)
18:15   M   Javelin Throw (700g)   Decathlon Boys Group B
18:30   M   Long Jump   Final
18:35   M   800 Metres   Semi-Final
19:05   W   400 Metres   Semi-Final
19:30   W   Shot Put (3kg)   Final
19:35   W   Javelin Throw (500g)   Final
19:40   M   400m hurdles (84.0cm)   Semi-Final
20:05   W   100 Metres   Final (featuring Khalifa St. Fort)
20:20   M   1500 Metres   Decathlon Boys
20:50   W   100m Hurdles (76.2cm)   Final


Live Streams for World Youth Championships:
http://justdwlviral.com/tracks/Watch-The-2015-IAAF-World-Youth-Championships-Live-Stream.html#.VaJ8PpVumuQ.link & http://livetv.sx/en/eventinfo/326415_world_youth_championships & http://www.chatytvgratishd.com/canal-senal-colombia-hd-en-vivo & http://cdn.divertiendo.me/canal-senal-colombia-en-vivo.php?width=780&height=480

[Socapro]

Akidah Briggs was a disappointing last in her Qualification Round f the Shot Put with a best throw of 11.83m (way off of her PB) and obviously did not make it to the Final.
She still has a lot of work to do if she wants to catch up with the best in her age goup in the world at the Shot Put.

In contrast Khalifa St Fort produced a new PB of 11.39 in winning Heat (#2) of the girls 100m dash.
She is now through to this evening's Semi Final and is fancied to make the Final and to press for a podium position.

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Hislop bows out in World Youth semis
St Fort on fire
By Kwame Laurence (T&T Express)
Published on Jul 16, 2015, 9:21 pm AST

Akanni Hislop injured


Khalifa St Fort wins Girls U-18 100m Semi-final at World Youth Champs 2015

Akanni Hislop was eliminated in the semi-final round of the boys' 100 metres dash, at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia, late on Wednesday.

Hislop looked set to secure second spot in heat three and an automatic berth in the final. However, the Trinidad and Tobago sprinter did not lean at the line, allowing three sprinters to finish ahead of him in a close contest for that crucial runner-up spot.

Hislop finished fifth in 10.61 seconds, just two-hundredths of a second slower than second-placed Milo Skupin-Alfa of Germany. Skupin-Alfa's 10.59 run earned him a slight edge on third-placed Wenyi Luo (10.60) of China, fourth-placed Jamaican Xavior Angus (10.61) and Hislop. Brazil's Derick Silva won the semifinal in 10.49.

In heat two, Japan's Abdul Hakim Sani Brown triumphed in 10.30 seconds, equalling the Championship record he had established in the preliminary round.

In the final, Sani Brown completed a superb series of century races with victory in 10.28 seconds--a new Championship record. Silva clocked 10.49 to finish a distant second, the Brazilian matching his surname with the colour of his medal. Bronze, meanwhile, went to Great Britain's Rechmial Miller in 10.59.

Hislop will have a second shot at a World Youth Championship medal in the boys' 200m event. At 1.10 this afternoon (T&T time), he faces the starter in heat six in the preliminary round of the half-lap event.

At 20.91 seconds, Hislop is the fourth fastest sprinter entered in the 200, and would fancy his chances of reaching the podium.

Khalifa St Fort was on fire in the opening round of the girls' 100m dash, yesterday. The T&T sprinter clocked a personal best 11.39 seconds to win heat two, advancing to the semis as joint-fastest qualifier with Great Britain's Hannah Brier.

"The race went great," said a smiling St Fort. "My blocks were great, my foot was on the block when I got out, I stayed in my drive phase, no panic, no snappy movements. I executed well."

Late yesterday, St Fort competed in the first of three semifinal heats. The final was contested at 9.05 last night.

T&T's Akidah Briggs, meanwhile, threw 11.83 metres to finish 36th in yesterday's girls' shot put qualifying competition. The top 12 progressed to the final.

[Deeks]

Well done Khalifa!!!

[Trini1]

Great stuff Khalifa. She is good enough to be on our worlds team at 17 years old. Thus reiterating my point of why Ato should coach MLA.

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Sprinting Masterclass Khalifa St Fort 11.24 PR 100m Semi World Youth Champs 2015
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HEAT 1 16 JUL 2015 18:10 WIND +0.1 
POS   BIB   ATHLETE   COUNTRY   MARK      REACTION TIME
1   1515   Khalifa ST. FORT   TTO TTO   11.24 Q   CR   0.177
2   1202   Estelle RAFFAI   FRA FRA   11.64 Q      0.144
3   1228   Keshia Beverly KWADWO   GER GER   11.66      0.208
4   1277   Diana VAISMAN   ISR ISR   11.79      0.133
5   1360   Mechaela HYACINTH   LCA LCA   11.87   PB   0.189
6   1312   Vanesha PUSEY   JAM JAM   11.89      0.189
7   1402   Helene RØNNINGEN   NOR NOR   11.94      0.167
8   1038   Ana Carolina AZEVEDO   BRA BRA   11.95      0.202

[Sando prince]

I will wait to see what happens in the final before celebrating. Hopefully she medal

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100 METRES GIRLS FINAL OFFICIAL STARTLIST
9TH IAAF WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015
100 METRES-GIRLS 16 JUL 2015 20:05 
ORDER / LANE   BIB   ATHLETE   COUNTRY   SB 2015   PB
1   1228   Keshia Beverly KWADWO   GER GER   11.59   11.59
2   1314   Kimone SHAW   JAM JAM   11.52   11.51
3   1205   Hannah BRIER   GBR GBR   11.39   11.39
4   1547   Candace HILL   USA USA   10.98   10.98
5   1515   Khalifa ST. FORT   TTO TTO   11.24   11.24
6   1551   Jayla KIRKLAND   USA USA   11.54   11.53
7   1031   Tristan EVELYN   BAR BAR   11.54   11.52
8   1202   Estelle RAFFAI   FRA FRA   11.62   11.62

[doc]

I'm watching it here. The final is at 9:05 pm EST
. http://cdn.divertiendo.me/canal-senal-colombia-en-vivo.php?width=780&height=480

[jusbless]

Is that also a Trinidad youth Record. Congrats to her and all congrats to Ato. I always knew you would of been a good coach . You did move Maurice greene from a 10.2  sprinter to being a world beater. My honest thought is that for the elite athletes programme we have kai selvon. Kayelle Clarke work under Ato. Well done Bro

[Trini1]

Khalifa second 11.19! Well done!

Taking the altitude into account that is 11.22. She could definitely be part of our relay pool.

[Sando prince]

Congrats to  Ms St Fort.

 Any video of the race?

[Socapro]

Congrats to  Ms St Fort.

 Any video of the race?

Candace Hill 11.08 CR wins 100m Final Khalifa St Fort 2nd 11.19 PR World Youth Champs 2015
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100 METRES GIRLS FINAL
1 1547 Candace HILL USA USA 11.08 CR 0.164
2 1515 Khalifa ST. FORT TTO TTO 11.19 PB 0.170
3 1551 Jayla KIRKLAND USA USA 11.41 PB 0.191
4 1031 Tristan EVELYN BAR BAR 11.59 0.137
5 1314 Kimone SHAW JAM JAM 11.65 0.174
6 1205 Hannah BRIER GBR GBR 11.66 0.157
7 1202 Estelle RAFFAI FRA FRA 11.73 0.150
8 1228 Keshia Beverly KWADWO GER GER 11.76 0.181

9TH IAAF WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015
COLOMBIA CALI (PASCUAL GUERRERO), COLOMBIA 15 JUL 2015 - 19 JUL 2015

[asylumseeker]

Any comments on Hill's action in the blocks? In the middle of the video in slo mo...

[Socapro]

Any comments on Hill's action in the blocks? In the middle of the video in slo mo...

If she did not set off the electionic pressure sensor on her blocks then it was not technically a false start hence why the race was not called back.

Hill was clearly the fastest and won the race fair and square imho.

I think our Khalifa did well and is maturing well under Ato's guidance.

Hopefully some of our other T&T female sprinters will give Ato a call if they want to work with him at improving their technic, starts, etc to help them break into the sub-11 club in time for Rio next year.
Ideally by next year we want to have at least 3 of our female T&T sprinters in sub-11 form to be part of our Women 4x100m relay squad and we should be very strong medal contenders.

[Socapro]

Some other events of interest with videos from yesterday.

400 METRES BOYS
9TH IAAF WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015
COLOMBIA CALI (PASCUAL GUERRERO), COLOMBIA 15 JUL 2015 - 19 JUL 2015

http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-youth-championships/9th-iaaf-world-youth-championships-2015-5408/results/men/400-metres/semi-final/result#resultheader

Christopher Taylor of Jamaica clocks a World Youth Lead in 400m at WYC2015


FIRST 2 IN EACH HEAT (Q) AND THE NEXT 2 FASTEST (Q)
HEAT 1 16 JUL 2015 17:40
POS   BIB   ATHLETE   COUNTRY   MARK      REACTION TIME
1   358   Christopher TAYLOR JAM 45.30 Q   WYL   0.155
2   628   Josephus LYLES  USA 45.93 Q      0.181
3   54   Karabo SIBANDA  BOT 46.53 q      0.157
4   374   Manato SASAKI  JPN 46.85 q   PB   0.140
5   114   Haoran XU  CHN 47.44   PB   0.151
6   490   Tymoteusz ZIMNY  POL 47.53   PB   0.151
7   515   André Nicholas MARICH  RSA 48.34      0.128
8   543   Anej ZUPANC  SLO 49.93      0.282

LONG JUMP BOYS
9TH IAAF WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015
COLOMBIA CALI (PASCUAL GUERRERO), COLOMBIA 15 JUL 2015 - 19 JUL 2015

http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-youth-championships/9th-iaaf-world-youth-championships-2015-5408/results/men/long-jump/final/series

Maykel Demetrio MASSÓ (CUB) 8.05m Monster Jump wins LJ Final World Youth Champs 2015
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6 JUL 2015 18:30 
POS   BIB   ATHLETE   COUNTRY   MARK   WIND   DETAIL
   ATTEMPT 1   ATTEMPT 2   ATTEMPT 3   ATTEMPT 4   ATTEMPT 5   ATTEMPT 6
1   153   Maykel Demetrio MASSÓ    CUB 8.05   +0.5   CR
   7.53+0.4   7.61-0.1   7.79+0.7   8.05+0.5   7.640.0   7.82+0.2
2   21   Darcy ROPER    AUS  8.01   +0.5   PB
   X+0.7   7.70-0.5   X+1.0   7.75-0.2   7.80-1.1   8.01+0.5
3   66   Eberson SILVA    BRA 7.76   +0.1   PB
   X-0.4   7.37+2.9   6.84+1.2   7.76+0.1   X+0.7   7.42-1.1
4   152   Juan Miguel ECHEVARRÍA    CUB 7.69   -0.2
      7.38+1.0   7.69-0.2   7.56-0.2   7.63+0.5   7.68-1.6   7.50+2.0
5   292   Miltiádis TENTÓGLOU    GRE 7.66   +0.7
      7.49-1.7   6.24+0.1   7.63-0.2   7.66+0.7   7.33-0.5   6.15+1.4
6   107   Yuhao SHI    CHN 7.63   +0.4   PB
   X+0.9   7.54+0.2   7.46+1.1   7.52+0.4   7.63+0.4   7.62+0.7
7   401   Youngbin KIM    KOR 7.48   +0.7
      7.10+1.9   7.210.0   7.45+2.4   7.19-0.9   7.48+0.7   X-1.2
8   531   Evgeniy TIMOFEEV    RUS 7.24   +0.8
      7.17+0.2   7.23-0.5   7.24+0.8   7.02-0.3   6.96-1.2   X-2.2
9   626   Justes NANCE    USA 7.24   +1.4
      X0.0   7.24+1.4   6.89+0.5         
10   206   Héctor SANTOS    ESP 7.11   +2.1
      7.11+2.1   X-1.3   7.060.0         
11   281   Simon ZIENERT    GER 6.85   -0.8
      4.70+0.9   6.85-0.8   X+0.1         
12   369   Masashi MIYAUCHI    JPN 6.85   -0.3
      X+1.3   X+2.0   6.85-0.3         

[Socapro]

17 JUL 2015 Report Cali, Colombia
Girls' 100m – IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015

Candace Hill at the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 (Getty Images) © Copyright

With pressure and expectation heaped on her young shoulders, Candace Hill stayed composed and relaxed to turn in one of the classiest, most commanding performances of the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 on Thursday night (16).

The US sprinter powered to victory in the girls’ 100m in a championship best of 11.08.

As it turns out, Hill had to be at her best – or very near it – to take victory as Khalifa St Fort of Trinidad and Tobago ran a lifetime best to finish second in 11.19. The USA’s Jayla Kirkland rounded out the medals in third with 11.41.

For Hill, who has been touted as a future star of the sport ever since her 10.98 run in Seattle last month to set a world youth best, the win arrived with a hefty dose of relief and that much was made clear in the immediate aftermath as the 16-year-old burst into tears during her post-race interview.

After regaining her composure, Hill explained that the calm exterior she displayed on the start line hid considerable tension.

“That is the single most nervous I’ve ever been,” she said. “I was just telling myself to stay relaxed, stay composed, focus and run your best.”

For Hill, winning gold in Cali marked an arrival of sorts. As she explained, victory here – and indeed that 10.98 last month – seemed impossible feats just a few short months ago.

“The moment my season started, I was a bit out of shape,” she said. “Me and my coach worked on it and I just got better, ran PRs, ran that 10.98, and that gave me confidence coming into this meet. Here, I just had to focus and do my job.”

Still rubbing the tears from her eyes, Hill explained just how important this title was.

“I’m a real world champion,” she said. “It’s so amazing. This means the world to me. Winning a gold medal for Team USA; I’m just so, so thankful.”

Though Hill was the undoubted star of the night, there was no overlooking the breakthrough performance of silver medallist St Fort.


Khalifa St Fort showing off her WYC 100m silver medal with coach Ato Boldon at Cali 2015

Her coach, Ato Boldon, had predicted earlier this week that such an improvement was likely and she duly delivered on that promise, running a personal best of 11.39 in the qualifying heats, 11.24 in the semi-finals before going quicker still in the final with 11.19.

Afterwards, she was most gracious in defeat, noting that she had just come up against an unbeatable rival on the day.

“I think she’s a phenomenal athlete,” said St Fort. “I look forward to competing against her again. I think I can go a lot faster. I have a lot of things to fix and I expect great things all year.”

Boldon noted afterwards that the next stop for his protégée will hopefully be the IAAF World Championships in Beijing next month.

Hill, meanwhile, will have to wait before pitching her vast talent against the seniors. Right now, she will have to make do with being the fastest youth in the world.

And for now, she’s just fine with that.

Cathal Dennehy for the IAAF

[Deeks]

Wow, that is really cool. Congrats to Khalifa. Well done Young Princess. Congrats and thanks to Ato. The race is actually 1-2-3 USA. This is real nice. The sprint talent pool is getting bigger. This is the first video I have seen of her. She is quick. Did not realize that she was that short, not that it matters. But is good news.

The Japanese 100 champion is pretty interesting. He is quick. He has a lot of improvement to do as time goes by. I wonder how the Japanese public are reacting to his victory. Quit of few has issue with "haffus' or half Japanese.

[Socapro]

17 JUL 2015 Report Cali, Colombia
IAAF World Youth Championships records for Hill, Masso and Kaul in Cali

Candace Hill after winning the girl's 100m at the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015
(Getty Images) © Copyright

USA’s Candace Hill lived up to her star billing on the second day of the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 and the 16-year-old Georgia high school student flew to victory in the girls’ 100m in a championship best of 11.08 on Thursday night (16).

Hill, who will also compete over 200m later this week, had been touted as a potential star of these championships ever since her world youth best of 10.98 in Seattle last month and on what was a balmy, breezy evening inside the Pascual Guerrero Stadium, she delivered in fine style, becoming the sixth US girl in nine editions to win this title. 

“I’m a real world champion,” she said. “It’s so amazing. The moment my season started, I was a bit out of shape. Me and my coach worked on it and I just got better, ran PRs, ran that 10.98, and that gave me confidence coming into this meet. I just had to focus and do my job.”


Khalifa St Fort celebrates her Girls U-18 100m silver medal at World Youth Champs 2015

Trinidad and Tobago’s Khalifa St Fort finished second in 11.19, her third personal best of the day.

“I think she (Hill) is a phenomenal athlete,” said St Fort. “I look forward to competing against her again. I think I can go a lot faster.”

Hill was the undisputed star on the track, but Cuba’s Maykel Demetrio Masso and Australia’s Darcy Roper served up an equally exceptional effort in the boys’ long jump, both athletes breaking the eight-metre barrier, something never before accomplished at these championships.

Already leading the competition with a best of 7.79m heading into the fourth round, Masso powered down the runway with a slight following wind of 0.5m/s and sailed to a championship best performance of 8.05m.

After that, gold was seemingly assured but Australia’s Darcy Roper – who had led the qualifying rounds with a 7.88m effort – had other ideas.

In the final round, the 17-year-old produced a lifetime best of 8.01m to take silver from Brazil’s Eberson Silva, who finished third with 7.76m.

For Roper, any sadness about finishing second was forgotten when he considered the level of performance he had just produced in defeat. “I’m an eight-metre man, so I’m not disappointed,” he said. “It would have been great to get the gold. I came here to win and give those Cubans a good go, but an Australian [youth] record, it’s amazing.”

Dream comes true for Caicedo

Maribel Caicedo en route to winning the 100m hurdles gold medal at the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 (Getty Images) © Copyright

The girls’ 100m hurdles produced one of the biggest shocks of the championships, Ecuador’s Maribel Vanessa Caicedo scorching to gold in 13.04, her country’s first triumph in the 16-year history of this event.

“I am very happy,” said Caicedo, who was barely on the radar coming into these championships. “I dreamt a lot about this medal and now it is real.”

The US pre-meeting favourite Alexis Duncan blitzed her semi-final, winning in 12.95 which was the second-fastest time ever by a girl, but in the final her gold medal aspirations were dashed in an instant when she hit the third hurdle, which saw her eventually fade to seventh.

USA’s Brittley Humphrey finished second in 13.22, a performance that knocked off a massive 0.19 from her previous best. I’m so happy with this medal,” said Humphrey. “I ran a great time, I didn’t think I could go that fast.”

In the boys’ decathlon, Germany’s Niklas Kaul overcame a near-fatal blow to his title hopes in the 110m hurdles after smashing the first barrier and trailing home seventh in 15.44, but he cleared 4.70m in the pole vault and then launched the javelin out to a massive 78.20m.

In the end, that throw proved crucial and he went on to take gold with a total of 8002 points, which smashed Australia’s Cedric Dubler’s previous world youth best of 7864 with the current implement standards and secured him the inaugural decathlon title at the IAAF World Youth Championships.

The gold medallist produced an excellent finale to the competition to run a personal best of 4:42.29 for 1500m.

Overnight leader Ludovic Besson of France dislodged the Estonian Hans-Christian Hausenberg from second spot on the podium in the final event to claim silver with a PB of 7678 with the Estonian having to settle for bronze with 7657 after suffering a slight leg injury midway through the second day.

Ritter adds her name to roll of honour

Julia Ritter at the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 (Getty Images) © Copyright

In the girls’ shot put, Germany’s Julia Ritter came out on top in a to-and-fro battle with the USA’s Sophia Rivera which saw them exchange the lead five times in the opening rounds.

In the end, Ritter’s third-round effort of 18.34m proved too much for the US thrower and she extended her lead in the following round with a personal best put of 18.53m.

“I cannot believe this,” said Ritter, after adding two centimetres to her previous best. “After the first attempt I thought that I would get nothing, but then I threw 17 metres and then the personal best. Now I know how Robert Harting and David Storl feel after such a success.”

Silver medallist Rivera, meanwhile, had a valid excuse for defeat. While the shot put was taking place, she was simultaneously competing in the javelin final at the other end of the field, in which she finished a respectable eighth.

“I was only second, but I enjoyed it,” said Rivera. “And I would do it all again to compete in both finals.”

To accommodate her unique double duty, Rivera was accompanied by an official between competition areas where her quick preparation required, among other things, changing her shoes.

Kristina Rakocevic became the first double medallist at Cali 2015, adding a bronze medal thanks to a best of 17.49m to her discus silver from Wednesday.

In the girls’ javelin, Haruka Kitaguchi gave Japan their first throwing title in the history of the IAAF World Youth Championships.

The 17-year-old took gold courtesy of a huge fifth-round effort of 60.35m, a personal best which left her more than three metres clear of her closest rival.

With that throw, Kitaguchi usurped Norway’s Stella Weinberg, who had thrown a personal best of 57.11m in the third round, which proved to be her best on the night.

Cathal Dennehy for the IAAF

[Socapro]

Wow, that is really cool. Congrats to Khalifa. Well done Young Princess. Congrats and thanks to Ato. The race is actually 1-2-3 USA. This is real nice. The sprint talent pool is getting bigger. This is the first video I have seen of her. She is quick. Did not realize that she was that short, not that it matters. But is good news.

The Japanese 100 champion is pretty interesting. He is quick. He has a lot of improvement to do as time goes by. I wonder how the Japanese public are reacting to his victory. Quit of few has issue with "haffus' or half Japanese.

17 JUL 2015 Feature Cali, Colombia
Sani Brown set to be Japan's new athletics superstar?

Abdul Hakim Sani Brown at the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015
(Getty Images) © Copyright

It is perhaps with a hint of irony that Abdul Hakim Sani Brown cites sleeping as among his favourite hobbies.

The Japanese sprinter, who blazed his way to a championship record of 10.28 to strike gold in the boys’ 100m final on the opening day of the IAAF World Youth Championships certainly left his rivals looking comatose as a fully awake alert and Sani Brown left his rivals for dust.

Having breezed through the morning heats of the 200m in 21.19 on Friday, the outrageously talented Tokyo schoolboy hopes to become the first athlete in 10 years to secure the World Youth Championships boys’ sprint double since Great Britain’s Harry Aikines- Aryeetey achieved the feat in Marrakech.

Few would bet against it.

Born in Fu-kuoka to a Japanese mother and Ghanaian father, his athletic ability is credited to his mother, Akiko, who competed in national high school championships as a sprint hurdler.

Sani Brown started his personal sporting life, like so many kids, as a football striker; however, aged 10 his path was to take a new course.

“I used to play football but mum persuaded me to focus on athletics as I’m not really good at team sports,” said the naturally shy and modest Sani Brown.

He quickly discovered a gift for running and, aged 14, the Josai High School student made a significant breakthrough finishing second in the 200m and third in the 100m at the national school championships.

It was the moment he realised he had not only a talent but a potentially rosy future in the sport.

Working with his coach Takahiko Yamamura – a teacher at his high school – Sani Brown started to make progress.

Prodigy's progress

Last year he caught the eye posting noteworthy bests of 10.45 and 21.09 in Japan and, still only aged 15, he finished a highly impressive 12th and 17th respectively on the 2014 boys’ world lists.

Training five times a week, he has continued to improve this year, running a world youth 100m lead of 10.30 in his home city of Tokyo in May and the following month setting the world’s fastest 200m time for an under-18 athlete with 20.56.

Yet the acid test of his ability came in Colombia in what was his first ever competition outside of Japan.

Exposed to genuine global competition for the first time, and dealing with a very different culture and environment, can be hugely overwhelming for some, but not Sani Brown.

In the 100m heats he announced to the world he was the boy to beat in Cali, trimming 0.01 from the championship record to run 10.30. 

In the semi-final he precisely matched this time, while easing down over the final metres, before keeping his composure in a final he was heavily favoured to win.

Making a steady rather than spectacular start he started to edge ahead at halfway before powering clear in the latter stages to clinch victory in a time of 10.28 in the final.

“Winning helped give me 100 per cent confidence, but I’m always confident. It is a great feeling to be the best in the world and not just a national school champion," he commented.

Ominously for his rivals he believes there is room for improvement. 

“I ran well but I made some mistakes and I know I can run better,” he adds. “My start was not too good (in the 100m). 

As the world leader in the 200m, the 1.87m tall sprinter will be the man to beat in the half-lap event and a golden double could be a distinct possibility.

Calm customer

Rating one of his strengths as “staying calm and not panicking before a race” and one of his weaknesses as his start he would appear to have the world at his feet.

For the future Sani Brown – a big fan of “rap and hip-hop but not Japanese music” – hopes to qualify at the Rio Olympics next year when he will be aged just 17.

Surprisingly, despite genuine excitement at his progress in his homeland, there are no Japanese media in Cali following the event. One suspects if he continues his rate of progress that is unlikely to happen again, especially remembering how quickly his compatriot and coincidently the holder of the boys’ world best of 10.19 Yoshihide Kiryu has ignited interest in the last few years.

Yet his story begs one final question; if the teenager loves sleep, how many hours of shut eye does the Japanese sprinter enjoy per day?

“Oh, anywhere between 12 and 13 hours,” he adds.

For those who are familiar with the sleeping habits of teenagers this is perhaps not such a strange occurrence. To run 10.28 for the 100m is, however, perhaps a little less common.

Steve Landells for the IAAF

[Deeks]

f**kuoka

Mods, what is this. stop being PC and spell out out the word, nah.

[jusbless]

Ato why is khalifa not running the 200. I realised she skipped the 200 at nationals and not seeing her double at worlds. Especially seeing how your advice to most of our sprinters was to run more 200. I just expected to see khalifa do both seeing that you are her coach. Watching Candice Hill run the 200 have me wondering who would win between her and khalifa as in the 100 in my view khalifa was closing the gap

[asylumseeker]

f**kuoka

Mods, what is this. stop being PC and spell out out the word, nah.

Fukuoka.

[Socapro]

f**kuoka

Mods, what is this. stop being PC and spell out out the word, nah.

f**kuoka.

Word was automatically edited, was not edited by the Mods. I have now placed a dash (-) between the u & k in word to stop it from being automatically edited. I think the boards are globally set to automatically edit cuss words so as not to offend certain readers.

[Deeks]

Aye, I only joking about  the Japanese f word!

[Flex]

Congrats Ato, maybe some of our footballers need to learn what is giving back.

St Fort snares World sprint silver
Saturday, July 18, 2015 (T&T Guardian)

T&T’s Khalifa St Fort shows off her silver medal
won in the Girls 100m sprint at the IAAF World Youth
Championships in Cali, Colombia, on Thursday night.
St Fort, stopped the clock at 11.19 seconds.
PHOTO: PAUL VOISIN

Seventeen-year-old Khalifa St Fort set a new national Under 18 record to win silver in the Girls 100m sprint at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia on Thursday night.

St Fort, who is coached by local sprint legend Ato Boldon, stopped the clock at 11.19 to finish behind American Candace Hill (11.08) while fellow US athlete Jayla Kirkland was third in 11.41. It went down as the eighth fastest Girls Under 18 100m time in history and marked St Fort's third personal best run in nine hours, following her 11.39 and 11.24 in her heat and semifinal respectively.

“A star is born,” tweeted a proud Boldon following the result. “Broadcasting doesn't feel this good.”

St Fort, who was born in the USA to a Trinidadian mother, began training under Boldon in 2014 after, according to Boldon, being “ignored by her high school coach for two and a half years” at the prestigious St. Thomas Aquinas sprint programme.

In an interview earlier this year, he had stated she was a special talent with a bright future.

“Understand this is not what I do—go seeking high school athletes,” Boldon said. “I am busy traveling the world and broadcasting in my jobs as broadcaster and ambassador for the sport, but when I see a young talent being wasted, I am compelled to get involved.”

President of the National Association of Athletic Administration Ephraim Serrette was full of praise for the young athlete.

“We have been getting updates from her coach and to have those performances means her preparation has been very good,” he said. “It augers well for the future of our female sprint team.”

In other events, Akanni Hislop withdrew from his 200m heat yesterday, having picked up a hamstring injury in the 100m semi-finals the day before. With a personal best of 20.91, Hislop was the fourth fastest sprinter entered in the event. His heat was won by Australian Jack Hale in 21.31.

Meanwhile, World 400m Hurdles champion Jehue Gordon has withdrawn from the ongoing Pan American Games in Toronto Canada on medical grounds following a request from his doctor and management team. Gordon was not among the T&T athletics team which departed from Piarco at 1:05 am yesterday morning.

According to a press release by the National Association of Athletic Administration, the 23-year-old is  “nursing a minor injury and it was felt best to allow him time to recuperate rather than be subject to intense competition ahead of the upcoming IAAF World Championships in Beijing.”

The release stated that the team's mood remained upbeat as the remaining athletes looked to build on their success this year.

“It's disappointing,” said Serrette. “You would want your best athletes to be in top shape in time for international meets.”