Athletics News

Sixteen-year-old Helene Swanepoel improved her own world youth-leading performance to 58.08 in the 400m Hurdles to become South Africa's first World youth champion in a girls' sprint event.

Great Britain's Sabrina Bakare smashed her 400m lifetime best for the second time in two days, flying to a 52.77 victory over the USA's pre-event favourite, Olivia Baker.

The action came thick and fast on the penultimate evening session at the 2013 IAAF World Youth Championships, as Lazaro Martinez's championship record-equalling leap in the Triple Jump was one of several highlights.

Sixteen-year-old Tigist Gashaw became only the second Ethiopian to win the girls' World youth 1500m title when she sped to a 4:14.25 win ahead of team-mate Dawit Seyaum (4:15.51); it was also the first 1-2 finish at the ...

This has been a stellar year for Australian discus throwing with Ben Harradine and Julian Wruck both having thrown over 68 metres with the senior 2kg implement and currently lying third and fourth of the 2013 worlds list...

Sanghyeok Woo captured Korea's first ever High Jump medal in the 14-year history of this championship, clearing a 2.20m lifetime best to take the gold and continue his dramatic seven centimetre improvement in 2013.

Jamaica's Marvin Williams improved his own personal best by almost one second to clock a new World youth leading mark of 50.39 and become a surprise winner of the boys' 400m Hurdles here in Donetsk.

After three days of competition at the 2013 IAAF World Youth Championships, one name was on the lips of everyone when the issue of who had been the revelation of the Championships so far was discussed: Jamaica's 400m win...

Fifteen-year-old Robeilys Peinado defeated girls two years her senior in taking the Pole Vault crown by 10 centimetres, despite finishing below her 4.35m lifetime best.

Germany's Celina Leffler had a solid second day to win the girls' Heptathlon with a new championship record of 5747 points ahead of Sweden's Emma Stenlof, who was second with 5590, and Leffler's compatriot Louisa Grauvog...

Kenya's Alfred Kipketer was lucky to hang on to the lead in the closing stages of a fascinating 800m final, as the 16-year-old held on for victory after a suicidal first 400m which was quicker than World record pace.

As predicted, Reka Gyuratz and Helga Volgyi continued their intense rivalry and achieved a Hungarian one-two in the girls' Hammer Throw final, surpassing 70 metres on seven occasions.

Jodie Williams wins the 200m and Sophie Hitchon the hammer as Britain seal two golds at the European U23 Championships.

• Sprinter wins UK trials semi-final in 9.91sec at Birmingham• Dasaolu later pulls out of final due to post-race cramp James Dasaolu became only the fourth British athlete in history to break the 10-second barrier fo...

World 400m hurdles champion Dai Greene wins the British Championships in a season's best time.

Toshikazu Yamanishi claimed Japan's first 10,000m Race Walk victory in the 14-year history of the IAAF World Youth Championships in a dramatic last lap, which saw Guatemala's Jose Alejandro Barrondo, cousin of London 201...

Russia's 16-year-old Olga Shargina restored Russia's outstanding walking tradition by winning gold in the girls' 5000m Race Walk, a title which had eluded her country only twice in the 14-year-history of the Championship...

There has never been so much excitement in a boys' 10,000m Race Walk final at the IAAF World Youth Championships as there was today (13) in Donetsk.

Mexican long jumper Luis Alberto Rivera flew out to a national and meeting record, and 2013 world-leading mark, with an impressive leap of 8.46m on the final day of the World University Games in Kazan on Friday (12).

She may have recorded only one legal jump in today's final, but it was good enough for 17-year-old Florentina Marincu to become the third Romanian to win the World Youth Triple jump title.

Jamaica's 16-year-old Martin Manley ran a tactically perfect 400m final for a surprise victory and to become his country's first ever IAAF World Youth Championships gold medallist at the event as he set a new world-leadi...

There was little to suggest that Meresa Kahsay would emerge as the 2000m Steeplechase champion in Donetsk but he arrived in the Ukrainian city fully confident that he could not only take the gold medal but also go into n...