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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Barcelona qualifications attained at Indian Junior Federation Cup

10 May 2012 - Pune, India - As many as thirteen new meet records, five of them in junior women’s division, were bettered in the three day National Junior Federation Cup Athletics championships which concluded at Shri Shiv Chhatrapathi Sports Complex here on Thursday (10) evening.
Kenya dominates regional youth meet in Kampala
6 May 2012 - Kampala, Uganda - Kenya dominated the two-day Eastern African Athletics Youth Championships that ended on Saturday 6 May in the Ugandan capital of Kampala.
Several junior world leads posted in Changzhou
23 April 2012 - Just days after China had confirmed a big team for the IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona (10-15 July) in the preliminary entries, the junior athletes of the country underlined their medal chances at the National Junior Championships in Changzhou during the weekend.
More Records set to be broken – World Junior Championships Entries confirm 186 countries
16 April 2012 - Monaco – The IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona, which will take place from 10 to 15 July 2012 are on course to become the biggest gathering in terms of participating national IAAF Member Federations in the history of the championships.
Weather improves to allow records to highlight last day of CARIFTA Games
10 April 2012 - The last time the CARIFTA Games were held in Bermuda, Usain Bolt set a World Junior record, running 19.93 seconds to win the Under-20 men’s 200m. Eight years later, with the LIME CARIFTA Games back at the Bermuda National Sports Complex in Devonshire this Easter weekend (7, 8, 9 April) and in the presence of IAAF President Lamine Diack, weather conditions were initially far from ideal for record-setting, unless you were expecting new marks for wind speed! The gauge read up to 5.5 metres per second, and temperatures hovered in themed teens for the first two days.
Five qualify for Barcelona at South African junior champs in Germiston
1 April 2012 - With the start of April marking exactly 100 days to go until the IAAF World Junior Championships, Barcelona 2012, five newly crowned champions from this weekend's Yellow Pages South African Youth, Junior and Schools National Track and Field Championships in Germiston, achieved the required qualifying standard to secure their places on the national team for the World Junior Championships which take place from 10-15 July.
Gill heads New Zealand's World Junior initial team selection
30 March 2012 - Athletics New Zealand has announced the initial selections for the team that will compete at the 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona, Spain in July.
Australia announces initial squad of 57 for Barcelona - IAAF World Junior Championships
22 March 2012 - Athletics Australia is very excited to today announce an initial Australian Spark team of 57 for the IAAF World Junior Championships, Barcelona, Spain, 10-15 July.
Solomon heads long list of Barcelona qualifiers as Australian junior champs conclude
18 March 2012 - He has already won an Australian senior title. He has already run for Australia in the 4x400m Relay at a senior IAAF World Championships, and now Steve Solomon will be one of the leading lights in the Australian team for the IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona, 10-15 July.
Olympic Youth champion Salas hoping for World Junior success in Barcelona
17 March 2012 - Barcelona, Spain - Pole vaulter Didac Salas the biggest medal hope of the host country at the IAAF World Junior Championships, Barcelona 2012 (10- 15 July) is looking forward to the big event in his hometown Barcelona this summer.