Athletics News

World youth leader Mpho Tladi will hope to bring the 110m hurdles title back to South Africa, a feat first accomplished by countryman Andreis van der Merwe four years ago in Lille.

This event served up one of the highlights of the previous edition of the IAAF World Youth Championships in Donetsk as Ethiopia's Meresa Kahsay edged Kenya's Nicholas Kiptanui Bett in a thrilling race over the final lap ...

Between them, Kenya and Ethiopia have taken the boys' 3000m gold medal at every IAAF World Youth Championships since the event's inauguration in 1999 and 19 of the 24 medals on offer. In Cali, it will come as a major sur...

Kenya looks well equipped to take this title for the sixth occasion in the history of the championships and a 1-2 would also look to be a strong possibility based on the world lists.

World youth leader Christopher Taylor will be aiming to keep the 400m title in Jamaican hands but he'll have to beat back a two-prong attack by the strong US duo of Keshun Reed and Josephus Lyles.

The boys' 100m/200m sprint double has only been completed once in the history of the championships, but Japan's rising star Abdul Hakim Sani Brown will fancy his chance of emulating Great Britain's Harry Aikines-Aryeetey...

With Cali situated at about 1000m in altitude, expect the sprint action inside the Olimpico Pascual Guerrero Stadium to be red hot.

Two-time world championships 400m hurdles silver medallist Javier Culson boasts a proud international record that also includes a bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Here the Puerto Rican Olympic bronze medall...

Sprinters Jimmy Vicaut and Christophe Lemaitre clashed twice at the French Championships, which concluded on Sunday (12), with both sprinters coming away from Villeneuve d'Ascq with one victory each and booking their pla...