World under-20 100m titles go to Alana Reid and Bayanda Walaza
29/08/2024 10:53
Brits Nia Wedderburn-Goodison and Teddy Wilson are top Europeans home in the global junior sprint finals but finish outside the medals in Lima
British sprinters Nia Wedderburn-Goodison and Teddy Wilson missed out on podium places in the 100m finals at the World Under-20 Championships in Lima, Peru, on Wednesday (Aug 28).
Wedderburn-Goodison finished fourth in 11.46 (0.0) as Alana Reid of Jamaica stormed to gold in 11.17 ahead of Adaejah Hodge of the British Virgin Islands and Kishawna Niles of Barbados.
Earlier this month Reid ran the lead-off leg on the Jamaican 4x100m team that took fifth at the Olympic Games in Paris.
Adaejah Hodge, Alana Reid, Kishawna Niles (World Athletics)
Wedderburn-Goodison is a former winner of the European under-18 crown and said: "It is disappointing but I tried my best in the race. I will go back and watch it to see what went wrong.”
The Harrow athlete added: "It's the final, there are going to be nerves, everybody was probably nervous but it was good to run in the final. Today there was a much bigger crowd which was really nice.”
Wilson of Shaftesbury Barnet was seventh in the men's final in 10.47 (-0.9) and, like Wedderburn-Goodison, was the first European athlete.
Alana Reid wins 100m gold (World Athletics)
The title went to Bayanda Walaza of South Africa in 10.19 from Puripol Boonson of Thailand in 10.22 and Bradley Nkoana of South Africa in 10.26.
The heptathlon came down to the wire with Jana Koscak of Croatia narrowly beating Switzerland's Lucia Acklin in the final event as she scored 5807 to Acklin’s 5755 as Adela Tkacova of Czechia took bronze with 5601.
Jana Koscak (World Athletics)
Britain’s Eden Robinson, a student at Millfield School, finished a fine fifth overall at the age of 17. "I am very proud of myself to come fifth as one of the youngest in the field," she said.
"It was very up and down, more downs than ups, but a great learning experience and I will be back next year for under-20 Europeans. I am definitely coming back stronger."
Heptathletes in Lima (World Athletics)
In the women’s long jump Delta Amidzovski of Australia jumped a PB of 6.58m to take a surprise win. Close behind, Sophia Beckmon of the United States took silver with 6.54m, while Julia Adamczyk of Poland took bronze with 6.34m.
Julia Adamczyk, Delta Amidzovski, Sophia Beckmon (World Athletics)
Han Bingyang of China threw a PB of 57.57m to win the women’s discus title. With 56.47m, Huang Jingru made it a Chinese one-two.
Han Bingyang (World Athletics)
Among the qualifying rounds, Ava Lloyd, a member of Keely Hodgkinson’s training group, earned her place in the final of the women's 1500m as she won her heat in 4:21.53.
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