Anecdotes from the IAAF World Youth Championships Phil Minshull in Bydgoszcz for the IAAF Men's discus winner Chang Ming-Huang, from Chinese Taipei, raised eyebrows when he said that he had the unusual hobby of collecting knives and forks. "It's quite a fashion in Taipei at the moment," he explained. More... Chirchir causes people to look twice Phil Minshull in Bydgoszcz for the IAAF 18 July 1999 - You could be forgiven for looking twice at Cornelius Chirchir and thinking that the Kenyan AAA had pulled a devious trick. The winner of the men's 1,500 at the IAAF World Youth Championships is a carbon-copy of his elder brother who won the world junior 800 title in Annecy last year. More... Moore gets the United States out of the starting blocks Phil Minshull in Bydgoszcz for the IAAF 18 July 1999 - LaShauntea Moore gave the United States its first gold medal of the IAAF World Youth Championships when the Ohio schoolgirl stepped on the accelerator 80 metres from the finish line of the women's 200, and overhauled her Jamaican rival Melanie Walker. More... Kenya wins African battle for honours in the distance events Phil Minshull in Bydgoszcz for the IAAF 17 July 1999 - Ethiopia and Kenya are such regular combatants at long distance running that the phrase Rift Valley rivals has almost become a cliche but the two neighbouring countries went to war on the track once more on Saturday and it was Kenya who emerged as the emphatic winner after arguably two of the most thrilling races of the IAAF World Youth Championships so far. More... Australia's Golden Girls make their name in Bydgoszcz Phil Minshull in Bydgoszcz for the IAAF 17 July 1999 - In the 1960s Ron Clarke burned up the tracks around the world setting many distance running world records. Now another Australian runner to bear the family name has emerged - Georgie Clarke. More... Doucoure becomes the first ever IAAF World Youth Champion By Phil Minshull in Bydgoszcz for the IAAF 16 July 1999 - The name of Peter Chumba will forever be in the history books as the person who took the first ever IAAF world junior title and 13 years to the day after the Kenyan won the 10,000 metres in Athens, French hurdler Ladji Doucoure won a place alongside him as the first ever winner of an IAAF World Youth Championship gold medal.More... Copyright ©1996-1999. IAAF International Amateur Athletic Federation. All rights reserved.				Anecdotes from the IAAF World Youth Championships Anecdotes from the IAAF World Youth Championships National Champions lead US team into World Youth Championships   World Youth Championships site of the Polish Federation All time under 18 world lists in txt Men Women Read information about the venue of the 1th IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics