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Thursday, 24 August 2006
Chernova – following in her mother’s footsteps towards Olympic gold
24 August 2006 - Russia’s Tatyana Chernova was the overwhelming star performer in the World Junior Championship Heptathlon in Beijing, China, and it looks as though a star for the future has been born.
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Gold at last for Tariku Bekele
21 August 2006 - Beijing, China - As much as Ethiopian runner Tariku Bekele wants to avoid comparisons with his elder brother and multiple world 10000m champion Kenenisa, his victory in the 5000m race in Beijing was like a page torn from the latter’s distance running t...
World Junior Champs, Day 6 – PM session summary
20 August 2006 - Beijing, China - Beijing, China - Tariku Bekele the younger brother of the more famous Kenenisa Bekele achieved what the World record holder for 5000m and 10,000m never managed in his junior career, a World Junior track title, while an...
Training in Italy helped Chiaraviglio win gold
20 August 2006 - Realising he needed to train with better facilities in order to succeed, the newly-crowned World Junior Pole Vault champion Germán Chiaraviglio made a temporary break from his home country of Argentina last year to train alongside the w...
Noga wins first title for Poland in Beijing
20 August 2006 - An impressive winner of yesterday’s semi-final 18-year-old Artur Noga of Poland was an overwhelming winner in the men’s 110m Hurdles final, the first track event of the day.
Veronica Nyaruai takes victory in her stride
20 August 2006 - Beijing, China - She may be just turning seventeen and left with two more years in her junior career, but Kenyan runner Veronica Nyaruai’s achievements both on and off the track are enough to make more illustrious runners green with envy....
World Junior Champs, Day 5 – PM session summary
19 August 2006 - Beijing, China - Draped over the side of the spectator tribune at the beginning of the back straight at the Chaoyang Sport Centre tonight was a banner with the legend, “Margus Hunt - Winner”. About twenty metres away on the infield in ...
Tenth consecutive Steeplechase title for Kenya
19 August 2006 - Willy Rutto Komen of Kenya shoved off an impressive 14 seconds off his personal best to clock a new Championships record of 8:14.00 to win the men’s 3000m Steeplechase final.
World Junior Champs, Day 5 – AM session summary
19 August 2006 - The Chinese pair of Hong Liu and Xiangdong Bo completed a sweet double for the host country in the women and men’s finals of the 10,000m Race Walk respectively to highlight the morning session of competition day five at the Chaoyang Sp...
Daniel Rudisha - Following in his father’s footsteps
19 August 2006 - David Rudisha used to proudly show his son Daniel, when he was younger, the silver medal he won as a member of Kenya’s 4x400 metres quartet that finished second at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City.
