2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics

2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Host city	Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Nations	163
Athletes	1313
Events	44
Dates	19–25 July
Opened by	Michaëlle Jean
Main venue	Moncton Stadium
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The 2010 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 to 25 July 2010.^[1] 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.

Katsiaryna Artsiukh of Belarus, the winner of the women's 400 m hurdles title,^[2] had a positive test for Metenolone (a banned steroid) on the day of her victory. She was banned from the sport for two years.^[3]

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.^[4]

Men's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Dexter Lee Jamaica	10.21	Charles Silmon United States	10.23 PB	Jimmy Vicaut France	10.28
100 m details	Pre-race favourite Dexter Lee became the first man to win two consecutive 100 m titles at the competition.^[5]
200 m details	Shōta Iizuka Japan	20.67	Aliaksandr Linnik Belarus	20.89	Aaron Brown Canada	21.00 PB
200 m details	Iizuka became Japan's first sprint winner at the championships.^[6] The highly favoured Dexter Lee had a false start in the heats.^[7]
400 m details	Kirani James Grenada	45.89	Marcell Deák-Nagy Hungary	46.09	Errol Nolan United States	46.36
400 m details	James won but was still disappointed with his performance, saying: "I don't care about championships, I just care about running fast."^[8]
800 m details	David Mutinda Mutua Kenya	1:46.41 PB	Casimir Loxsom United States	1:46.57 PB	Robby Andrews United States	1:47.00
800 m details	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.^[9]
1500 m details	Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku Kenya	3:37.30 PB	Abderrahmane Anou Algeria	3:38.86	Mohamad Al-Garni Qatar	3:38.91
5000 m details	David Kiprotich Bett Kenya	13:23.76	John Kipkoech Kenya	13:26.03 PB	Aziz Lahbabi Morocco	13:28.92 NJR
10,000 m details	Dennis Chepkongin Masai Kenya	27:53.88 WJL	Gebretsadik Abraha Ethiopia	28:03.45 PB	Paul Kipchumba Lonyangata Kenya	28:14.55 PB
10,000 m details	Dennis Masai won his first international medal, following his siblings Moses Ndiema Masai and Linet Masai onto the global stage.^[10]^[11]
110 m hurdles (99.0 cm) details	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde France	13.52	Vladimir Vukicevic Norway	13.59	Jack Meredith Great Britain	13.59
400 m hurdles details	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 details	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 details	United States Michael Granger Charles Silmon Eric Harris Oliver Bradwell	38.93 WJL	Jamaica Brandon Tomlinson Bernardo Brady Odean Skeen Dexter Lee	39.55 SB	Trinidad and Tobago Jamol James Sabian Cox Moriba Morain Shermund Allsop	39.72 SB
4×400 m relay details	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 details	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 details	Mutaz Essa Barshim Qatar	2.30	David Smith United States	2.24 PB	Naoto Tobe Japan	2.21 SB
Pole vault details	Anton Ivakin Russia	5.50 WJL	Claudio Stecchi Italy	5.40 PB	Andrew Sutcliffe Great Britain	5.35 PB
Long jump details	Luvo Manyonga South Africa	7.99	Eusebio Cáceres Spain	7.90	Taylor Stewart Canada	7.63
Long jump details	Manyonga emulated Godfrey Khotso Mokoena to become the second African ever to medal in the long jump at the championships.^[12] Stewart won Canada's first medal with his final effort.^[13]
Triple jump details	Aleksey Fyodorov Russia	16.68	Ernesto Revé Cuba	16.47	Omar Craddock United States	16.23
Shot put (6 kg) details	Jacko Gill New Zealand	20.76 WJL	Božidar Antunović Serbia	20.20 NJR	Ding Yongheng China	20.14 PB
Shot put (6 kg) details	The 15-year-old Gill beat out Antunovic (age 18) and Ding (age 19), surpassing Usain Bolt as the youngest ever world junior champion.^[14]
Discus throw (1.750 kg) details	Andrius Gudžius Lithuania	63.78	Andrei Gag Romania	61.85 PB	Julian Wruck Australia	61.09
Hammer throw (6 kg) details	Conor McCullough United States	80.79 CR, NJR	Ákos Hudi Hungary	78.37	Alaa El-Din El-Ashry Egypt	76.66 PB
Javelin throw details	Till Wöschler Germany	82.52 WJL	Genki Dean Japan	76.44 PB	Dmitri Tarabin Russia	76.42
Decathlon (junior) details	Kevin Mayer France	7928 PB	Ilya Shkurenev Russia	7830 PB	Marcus Nilsson Sweden	7751 PB
Decathlon (junior) details	Kevin Mayer defended a first-day lead and won the title in the 1500 m final event, overtaking Russian Ilya Shkurenev.^[15]

Women's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Jodie Williams Great Britain	11.40	Takeia Pinckney United States	11.49	Jamile Samuel Netherlands	11.56
100 m details	Reigning youth champion Jodie Williams extended her undefeated streak to win her first junior title.^[16]
200 m details	Stormy Kendrick United States	22.99 PB	Jodie Williams Great Britain	23.19	Jamile Samuel Netherlands	23.27
200 m details	Kendrick produced a lifetime best to finally bring an end to Jodie Williams' four-year-long, 151-race winning streak.^[17]
400 m details	Shaunae Miller Bahamas	52.52	Margaret Etim Nigeria	53.05	Bianca Răzor Romania	53.17
400 m details	Sixteen-year-old Miller overhauled the more favoured Etim, who held the world junior leading time.^[18]
800 m details	Elena Mirela Lavric Romania	2:01.85	Cherono Koech Kenya	2:02.29	Annet Negesa Uganda	2:02.51
1500 m details	Tizita Bogale Ethiopia	4:08.06 PB	Ciara Mageean Ireland	4:09.51 NJR	Nancy Chepkwemoi Kenya	4:11.04 PB
3000 m details	Mercy Cherono Kenya	8:55.07 WJL	Emebet Anteneh Ethiopia	8:55.24 PB	Layes Abdullayeva Azerbaijan	8:55.33 NJR
3000 m details	Cherono took her second consecutive World Junior title, becoming the first woman to repeat as World Junior champion in the 3000 m.^[19]
5000 m details	Genzebe Dibaba Ethiopia	15:08.06 CR	Mercy Cherono Kenya	15:09.19	Alice Aprot Nawowuna Kenya	15:17.39 PB
5000 m details	A fraught duel between Mercy Cherono and Genzebe Dibaba was decided when Cherono stumbled in the final stages, allowing the Ethiopian to win.^[20]
100 m hurdles details	Isabelle Pedersen Norway	13.30 NJR	Jenna Pletsch Germany	13.35	Miriam Hehl Germany	13.46
400 m hurdles details	Vera Rudakova Russia	57.16 PB	Evonne Britton United States	57.32 PB	Shiori Miki Japan	57.35 NJR
3000 m steeplechase details	Purity Cherotich Kirui Kenya	9:36.34 PB	Birtukan Adamu Ethiopia	9:43.23 PB	Lucia Kamene Muangi Kenya	9:43.71 PB
3000 m steeplechase details	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.^[21]
4×100 m relay details	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 details	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 details	Elena Lashmanova Russia	44:11.90 WJL	Anna Lukyanova Russia	44:17.98 PB	Kumiko Okada Japan	45:56.15
10,000 m walk details	Elena Lashmanova and Anna Lukyanova controlled the race for a Russian 1–2, leaving pre race favourite Kumiko Okada trailing for bronze.^[22]

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Marija Vuković Montenegro	1.91 NR	Airinė Palšytė Lithuania	1.89	Elena Vallortigara Italy	1.89
High jump details	Vuković became the first Montenegrin to win a medal of any kind in athletics.^[23]
Pole vault details	Angelica Bengtsson Sweden	4.25 NJR	Victoria von Eynatten Germany	4.20	Holly Bleasdale Great Britain	4.15
Long jump details	Irisdaymi Herrera Cuba	6.41 PB	Wang Wupin China	6.23	Marharyta Tverdohlib Ukraine	6.20
Triple jump details	Dailenys Alcántara Cuba	14.09	Laura Samuel Great Britain	13.75 NJR	Deng Lina China	13.72 PB
Shot put details	Meng Qianqian China	16.94	Cui Shuang China	16.13	Evgeniya Smirnova Russia	15.75
Shot put details	Brazilian Geisa Arcanjo initially won the gold medal, but later was disqualified for doping.
Discus throw details	Yaime Pérez Cuba	56.01	Erin Pendleton United States	54.96	Yuliya Kurylo Ukraine	53.96
Hammer throw details	Sophie Hitchon Great Britain	66.01 NJR	Barbara Špiler Slovenia	65.28	Zhang Li China	63.96
Javelin throw details	Sanni Utriainen Finland	56.69 PB	Līna Mūze Latvia	56.64 PB	Tazmin Brits South Africa	54.55
Heptathlon details	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 (KEN)	7	4	4	15
2	United States (USA)	6	6	3	15
3	Russia (RUS)	5	2	3	10
4	Cuba (CUB)	3	1	0	4
5	Ethiopia (ETH)	2	3	0	5
6	Great Britain (GBR)	2	2	4	8
7	France (FRA)	2	0	1	3
8	Germany (GER)	1	4	1	6
9	China (CHN)	1	3	3	7
10	Japan (JPN)	1	2	3	6
11	Jamaica (JAM)	1	1	1	3
11	Romania (ROU)	1	1	1	3
13	Lithuania (LTU)	1	1	0	2
13	Norway (NOR)	1	1	0	2
15	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	3	4
16	Qatar (QAT)	1	0	1	2
	South Africa (RSA)	1	0	1	2
	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	1	2
	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	1	0	1	2
20	Bahamas (BAH)	1	0	0	1
	Finland (FIN)	1	0	0	1
	Grenada (GRN)	1	0	0	1
	Montenegro (MNE)	1	0	0	1
	New Zealand (NZL)	1	0	0	1
25	Nigeria (NGA)	0	3	0	3
26	Hungary (HUN)	0	2	0	2
27	Italy (ITA)	0	1	1	2
28	Algeria (ALG)	0	1	0	1
	Belarus (BLR)	0	1	0	1
	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	0	1
	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	0	1
	Serbia (SRB)	0	1	0	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	0	1	0	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	1	0	1
35	Canada (CAN)*	0	0	2	2
	Uganda (UGA)	0	0	2	2
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	2	2
38	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	0	1	1
	Egypt (EGY)	0	0	1	1
	Iceland (ISL)	0	0	1	1
	Morocco (MAR)	0	0	1	1
	U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV)	0	0	1	1
Totals (43 entries)		44	44	44	132

All Information taken from IAAF's website.

Participation

According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list,^[24] 1313 athletes from 163 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[25]