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Ruto guarantees Kenya's tradition
15-year old Cherotich Kipkorir Ruto (KEN) proved today that one doesn’t
need good shoes to become a World Champion. She in fact needed no shoes at all. Impressive
in both the heats and the semi finals, Ruto decided to take the lead from the start of the
race today. More>>> |
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 Hammer
thrower Keri gives Hungary first gold of the Championships
14 July 2001 – Debrecen, Hungary – The hosts of the IAAF/Westel World Youth
Championships were rewarded with their first gold medal on the third day of the
Championships by hammer thrower Andrea Keri in a thrilling contest that saw the young
Hungarian throw three personal bests to earn her place on the highest step of the podium More>>> |
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 Brazilian Wonder boy
IAAF
14 July 2001
– Debrecen – The men’s long jump contest provided some of the biggest
suspense of the second day of the IAAF World Youth Championships. The
contest livened up at round 5 of the competition. After three efforts, Brazilian Thiago
Jacinto Carahyba Dias was in the lead with a leap of 7.61m. More>>> |
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 Estonian Rene Oruman emulates his hero
Nool to win Octathlon
Sean Wallace-Jones for the IAAF
13 July 2001 - Debrecen, Hungary - With a competition that would have made his
personal hero proud of him, Estonian Rene Oruman was the winner of the inaugural Octathlon
in Debrecen. The youngster marked a total of 6219 points from his eight events to beat
Saudi Arabia’s Essa Mufarrah with 6024 points. More>>> |
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 Darrel Brown fastest
youth in the world
Laura Arcoleo for the IAAF
13 July 2001 – Debrecen – The first Championships record of the 2nd
IAAF Westel World Youth Championships was established in yesterday’s second semi
final of the men’s 100m when Darrel Brown (TRI) clocked 10.38 cutting his effort five
metres from the line. In today’s final, Brown improved once more on this mark and
lowered the Championships record to 10.31. More>>> |
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