<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>IAAF.org - News</title><link>http://www.iaaf.org/index.html</link><description>News from IAAF.org</description><language>en</language><copyright>copyright</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:31:00 GMT</pubDate><category>rssCategory</category><image><title>IAAF.org - News</title><url>http://www.iaaf.org/images/template/rssheader.gif</url><link>http://www.iaaf.org/index.html</link><width>130</width><height>72</height><description>IAAF.org - International Association of Athletics Federations</description></image><item><title><![CDATA[With Pallant's success, Holmes’ nurturing bears fruit]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46181.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46181.html</link><description><![CDATA[<P>16 July 2008 - After Great Britain’s Emma Pallant landed the 1500m bronze medal at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz on Sunday few inside the Zawisza Stadium wore a more radiant grin than double Olympic champion Kelly Holmes.</P>]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81921644_4024_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:31:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well-timed Twell overwhelmed about 1500m victory]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46144.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46144.html</link><description><![CDATA[<P>15 July 2008 - Great Britain's Stephanie Twell believes her 1500 metres victory on Sunday's final day of the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland points to a great senior career.</P>]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81921679_4026_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[12,000 attend last competition day as World Junior Champs conclude in Bydgoszcz]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46132.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46132.html</link><description><![CDATA[14 July 2008 - The 12th IAAF World Junior Championships held in the city of Bydgoszcz, Poland concluded on a high note in the Zawiska stadium yesterday afternoon as 12,000 spectators attended the sixth and final competition day.]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81892550_3836_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:42:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ndiku’s crash-course does the trick]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46130.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46130.html</link><description><![CDATA[14 July 2008 - One month ago Boniface Teren took over as Kenyan national steeplechase coach and in that short space of time appears to have transformed Jonathan Muia Ndiku’s technique. That may have proved the key to his victory in a dramatic 3000m steeplechase on Sunday at the World Junior Championships.]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81922220_4058_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:41:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[IAAF News Team in Bydgoszcz]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46084.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46084.html</link><description><![CDATA[Many thanks to the IAAF News Team in Bydgoszcz]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women's 4x400m]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46116.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46116.html</link><description><![CDATA[13 July 2008 - The United States took the women’s 4x400m relay for the fourth time in succession. Their time of 3:30.19 put them four seconds in front of Ukraine, with Australia third.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:59:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cherkos' Champs' record and 3 World Junior leads conclude World Junior Champs - Day Six Report]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46114.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46114.html</link><description><![CDATA[13 July 2008 - Abreham Cherkos of Ethiopia obliterated the 5000m Championship record and the USA enjoyed more relay joy as the curtain came down on the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland in front of more than 12,000 spectators in the Zawisza Stadium.]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81922218_4062_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:53:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shabanov runs on father's track in Bydgoszcz]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46110.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46110.html</link><description><![CDATA[13 July 2008 - The city of Bydgoszcz seems to bid well for the Shabanov family. ]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81921820_4032_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:39:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bondarenko and Bednarek make the show in men's High Jump final]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46100.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46100.html</link><description><![CDATA[13 July 2008 - One of two field events finals on the sixth and last competition day at the IAAF World Junior Championships, the men’s High Jump proved a superb competition with a World Junior leading performance of 2.26 for gold medal winner Bohdan Bondarenko of the Ukraine and the third medal of the week for Poland courtesy of Sylwester Bednarek.]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81921697_4028_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women's Discus Throw]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46099.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46099.html</link><description><![CDATA[12 July 2008 - Shangxue Xi caused an upset in the women’s discus, throwing a season’s best 54.96m in the third round.<BR>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:57:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women's 1500m]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46098.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46098.html</link><description><![CDATA[13 July 2008 - Great Britian's Stephanie Twell ran a well-timed race to win the women's 1500m final at the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships on Sunday.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:54:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men's 5000m]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46095.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46095.html</link><description><![CDATA[13 July 2008 - Ethiopia’s Abreham Cherkos moved up from silver two years ago in Beijing to take an expected victory.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:42:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men's 4x400m relay]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46093.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46093.html</link><description><![CDATA[13 July 2008 - The United States of America dominated from start to finish to win the final event of the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships, the men's 4x400m relay.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:39:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men’s High Jump]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46090.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46090.html</link><description><![CDATA[<P>13 July 2008 - One of two field events finals on the sixth and last competition day at the IAAF World Junior Championships, the men’s High Jump proved a superb competition with a World Junior leading performance of 2.26 for gold medal winner Bohdan Bondarenko and the third medal of the week for Poland courtesy of Sylwester Bednarek.</P>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:32:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men’s 110m Hurdles]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46087.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46087.html</link><description><![CDATA[<P>13 July 2008 - World season leader Konstantin Shabanov of Russia, who had been impressive throughout Friday’s first round heats and yesterday’s semi-finals, lived-up to his status of pre-event favourite outclassing the rest of the field in a new personal best and World Junior leading time of 13.27 in the men’s 110m Hurdles.</P>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:41:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men's 3000m Steeplechase]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46086.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46086.html</link><description><![CDATA[13 July 2008 - A gallant last lap effort from Jonathan Muia Ndiku won the men's 3000m steeplechase on Sunday's final day of the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:36:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Henning leads US to historical one-two in men's hammer]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46083.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46083.html</link><description><![CDATA[13 July 2008 - Walter Henning proves that small guys can win by setting an Area record and leading the US to an historic one-two in the men’s hammer.]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81914896_3969_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:11:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Junior champion Holzdeppe in a class of his own]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46082.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46082.html</link><description><![CDATA[13 July 2008 - Rising pole vault star Raphael Holzdeppe came of age in the Zawisza Stadium by cruising to the World Junior title just 12 months after crashing out of the European Under-20 Championships when failing clear his opening height.]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81915877_3973_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:02:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too easy for pole vaulter Holzdeppe - IAAF World Junior Championships - Day Five Evening Report]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46073.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46073.html</link><description><![CDATA[<P>12 July 2008 - It took very little effort for Raphael Holzdeppe to show why he is World junior record-holder and an honour to Germany’s great pole-vaulting tradition.</P>]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81916081_3989_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:22:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Germany takes Heptathlon too!]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46067.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46067.html</link><description><![CDATA[12 July 2008 - Germany completed a World Junior multi-event double as rising star Carolin Schafer took heptathlon gold amid a blizzard of personal bests to announce her claims as a potential star of the future. ]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81916076_3983_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heptathlon]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46065.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46065.html</link><description><![CDATA[12 July 2008 - Germany completed a World Junior multi-event double as rising star Carolin Schafer took heptathlon gold amid a blizzard of personal bests to announce her claims as a potential star of the future. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:43:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men's Pole Vault]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46063.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46063.html</link><description><![CDATA[12 July 2008 - How could we ever doubt him? World Junior record-holder Raphael Holzdeppe made us wait, and wait, and wait a little longer to enter the competition but ultimately the German was head and shoulders above the rest, sealing the gold medal with a first time clearance at 5.50m.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:39:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Serbia has its first World Junior champion!]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46059.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46059.html</link><description><![CDATA[12 July 2008 - Although Serbian high jumper Dragutin Topic had won gold at the 1990 IAAF World Junior Championships in Plovdiv with what is still today the World Junior record at 2.37, he was competing with a Yugoslavian vest. ]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81916094_3985_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:36:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[US dominate sprint relays]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46048.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46048.html</link><description><![CDATA[12 July 2008 - Individual 100m champion Jeneba Tarmoh set her team-mates on the right path towards winning the women’s 4x100m gold on day five at the IAAF World Junior Championships.]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81916141_3991_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:06:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[World gold medallist Ferguson will go to Beijing with no pressure]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46047.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46047.html</link><description><![CDATA[12 July 2008 - Bahamian World Junior 200m champion Sheniqua Ferguson believes her presence at next month's Olympic Games will put pressure on her seniors.]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81909510_3889_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:03:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women's Long Jump]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46046.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46046.html</link><description><![CDATA[12 July 2008 - 18-year-old Ivana&nbsp; Spanovic took a well deserved win in the women’s Long Jump&nbsp; to become Serbia’s first gold medallist in the history of the IAAF World Junior Championships.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:57:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men's 4x100m]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46043.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46043.html</link><description><![CDATA[12 July 2008 - The United States of America produced a World leading mark in the men's sprint relay to secure an impressive victory on today's penultimate day of the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:33:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women's 3000m]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46042.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46042.html</link><description><![CDATA[12 July 2008 - Kenyan distance runner Mercy Cherono held off the challenge of her Ethiopian rivals to win the women's 3000m final today at the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women's 4x100m]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46041.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46041.html</link><description><![CDATA[12 July 2008 - Individual 100m champion Jeneba Tarmoh set her team-mates on the right path towards winning the women’s 4x100m gold on day five at the IAAF World Junior Championships.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:09:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women's 100m Hurdles ]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46040.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46040.html</link><description><![CDATA[12 July 2008 - The USA completed the women’s hurdles double as Teona Rodgers shrugged off a stiff headwind (of -2.4m/s) to blitz to victory in 13.40.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men's Hammer Throw]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46039.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=46039.html</link><description><![CDATA[12 July 2008 - American Hammer thrower Walter Henning produced a North America, Central America and Caribbean (NACAC) Area Record to win the event on Saturday's penultimate day at the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:33:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tamgho and Lemaitre make it a historical day for France]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46033.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46033.html</link><description><![CDATA[12 July 2008 - In the space of one afternoon, France turned what could have been its worst ever showing at the IAAF World Junior Championships into its best result in the 22-year history of the event.]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81909691_3912_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tackecia Jameson believes Bydgoszcz is only the start of a promising athletics career]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46032.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46032.html</link><description><![CDATA[12 July 2008 - An unlikely background in cross country running may have honed the strength needed to take Takecia Jameson to an eye-catching victory in the women’s 400m hurdles at the World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz.]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81870275_3715_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[IAAF Ambassadors continue to promote anti-doping ]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46031.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46031.html</link><description><![CDATA[<P>12 July 2008 - The IAAF World Junior Championships are a great introduction for many young athletes to the world of international competition and everything that comes along with it.&nbsp; One of those things just happens to be doping control!&nbsp; </P>]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81892865_3852_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kaki given a race in the 800m, First gold for Poland - IAAF World Junior Championships - Day Four Evening Report]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46013.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46013.html</link><description><![CDATA[11 July 2008 - The fourth evening session of the IAAF World Junior Championships saw many of the best performances so far in Bydgoszcz, a gold medal for the home nation and a win for the biggest name on show here.]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81909277_3875_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:14:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Szpak grabs first gold for Poland]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45999.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45999.html</link><description><![CDATA[11 July 2008 - The Polish fans inside the Zawisza Stadium were sent into ecstasy as Robert Szpak secured gold in a high-class competition in which the top five all claimed personal bests.]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81909288_3885_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:44:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kaki wins in Bydgoszcz but not that easy!]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45992.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45992.html</link><description><![CDATA[11 July 2008 - The fact that World junior record holder Abubaker Kaki Khamis took the 800m gold for Sudan was no great surprise. 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IAAF World Junior Championships]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45959.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45959.html</link><description><![CDATA[10 July 2008 - Phew! That was close. Very rarely do major championship decathlons serve up such a spectacular finale in the 1500m - but German Jan Felix Knobel and Eduard Mihan of Belarus take a bow. 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The Caribbean Scholastic Invitational in Puerto Rico was about the extent of his overseas competition.<BR>]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81874539_3752_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:38:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another gold for Perie, Kenyan double and Sprint finals - IAAF World Junior Championships Day Two Evening Report]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45886.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45886.html</link><description><![CDATA[9 July 2008 - The performances were as changeable as the weather on the second evening of the IAAF World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, as two Championship records tumbled, pre-event favourites were sent packing and Jamaican sprinting and Kenyan distance running enjoyed a night to remember.]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81874660_3758_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:24:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Youth champion Lee upsets older sprinters and secures World junior title]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45884.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45884.html</link><description><![CDATA[9 July 2008 - The latest battle in the “war of the sprints” between the top two nations was again won by Jamaica as Dexter Lee took victory in the men’s 100m.]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81874280_3738_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:43:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men's 100m ]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=45882.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=45882.html</link><description><![CDATA[9 July 2008 - The latest battle in the “war of the sprints” between the top two nations was again won by Jamaica as Dexter Lee took victory in the men’s 100m.<BR>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:39:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men's Discus Throw]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=45879.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=45879.html</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9 July 2008 - The biggest upset on the second day of the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships here in Bydgoszcz came in the men’s Discus Throw final as the reigning World Youth champion and recent World Junior record holder, the outstanding favourite for gold, Mykyta Nesterenko, failed to fulfil the expectations and had to be content with bronze. </P>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goodwin takes Long Jump World Junior title back to the US]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45869.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45869.html</link><description><![CDATA[<P>9 July 2008 - Under the watchful eye of World record holder and IAAF Ambassador Mike Powell, 17-year-old Marquise Goodwin became only the third American ever to win a World Junior long jump title and amazingly the first one since Seoul 1992, a year after he was born!</P>]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81874484_3748_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women's 100m]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=45870.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=45870.html</link><description><![CDATA[9 July 2008 - American Jeneba Tarmoh won the women's 100m at the World Junior Championships today in impressive style.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men's Long Jump]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=45868.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=45868.html</link><description><![CDATA[9 July 2008 - Under the watchful eye of World record holder and IAAF Ambassador Mike Powell, 17-year-old Marquise Goodwin became only the third American ever to win a World Junior long jump title and amazingly the first one since Seoul 1992, a year after he was born!]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:54:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men's 10,000m ]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=45866.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=45866.html</link><description><![CDATA[9 July 2008 - Josphat Kipkoech Bett used his devastating sprint finish on the last of 25 laps of the 10,000m to beat fellow Kenyan Titus Kipjumba Mbishei.<BR>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:34:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women's Hammer Throw]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=45861.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=45861.html</link><description><![CDATA[9 July 2008 - Romania's Perie Bianca threw her name in the record book on Wednesday's second day of the 12th IAAF Junior Championships.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:40:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saransk, the Mecca of Race Walking, strikes again in Bydgoszcz]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45855.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45855.html</link><description><![CDATA[9 July 2008 - Just minutes after walking to a sizzling Championship record in the women’s 10,000m Race Walk the diminutive Russian race walker, Tatyana Mineeva, was asked by the waiting press where she lived. ]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81870182_3705_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:41:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women's Race Walk offers first Championship record - IAAF World Junior Championships Day Two Morning Report]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45854.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45854.html</link><description><![CDATA[9 July 2008 - Russian Tatyana Mineeva had a dream performance on Wednesday's second morning to capture the women's 10,000 metres walk race in a Championship record.<BR>]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81870215_3709_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:40:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women's 10,000m Race Walk]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=45846.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=45846.html</link><description><![CDATA[9 July 2008 - Tatyana Mineeva may be little-known outside her native Russia, but after she beat the rest of the world’s top juniors in the women’s 10km walk, that could be about the change.<BR>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:56:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yohan Blakes aiming at World Junior gold on way to World senior record!]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45836.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45836.html</link><description><![CDATA[9 July 2008 - He was discovered with a faster approach than his cricket delivery, but now, Yohan Blake not only want to be Jamaica's fastest junior, but the World 100m record holder in three years time.]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81859053_3670_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:09:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Utura and Storl highlight opening evening - IAAF World Junior Championships Day One Evening Report]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45834.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45834.html</link><description><![CDATA[8 July 2008 - German shot-putter David Storl set the IAAF World Junior Championships alight with a massive winning throw on the first night of action in Bydgoszcz, Poland.]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81858938_3664_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:18:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sri Lankan 100m World Junior finalist seeking scholarship!]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45832.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45832.html</link><description><![CDATA[8 July 2008 - It took 18-year-old Shehan Abeypitiyage of Sri Lanka a good 10 minutes and a hint from an IAAF official to understand that he had just written a page of his country’s athletics history, albeit its World Junior history.]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81859435_3694_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:43:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women’s 5000m]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=45823.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=45823.html</link><description><![CDATA[<P>8 July 2008 - 18-year-old Sule Utura joined the likes of Ayelech Worku, Meseret Defar and Meselech Melkamu as the fourth Ethiopian ever to win a World Junior gold medal in the women’s 5000m tonight in Bydgoszcz. </P>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Storl does it again - IAAF World Junior Champioships]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45815.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45815.html</link><description><![CDATA[8 July 2008 - Mighty shot putter German David Storl completed a comprehensive victory in the men’s shot on the opening night of the IAAF World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz. ]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81858884_3662_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:34:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men’s Shot Put Final ]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=45814.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=45814.html</link><description><![CDATA[8 July 2008 - 17-year-old David Storl of Germany had become the first gold medallist at last year’s IAAF World Youth Championships in Ostrava, and fittingly one year later he became the first athlete to be crowned the World Junior champion here in Bydgoszcz.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:25:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[IAAF World Junior Championships get underway in Bydgoszcz - Day One Morning report]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45776.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45776.html</link><description><![CDATA[8 July 2008 - Athletes and spectators alike were treated to four seasons in one day as brilliant sunshine and strong gusting winds gave way to a torrential shower which caused a 20-minute delay in an action packed first morning at the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz.]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/Rain_3633_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:47:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Event by Event Reports]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=45760.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=108/newsid=45760.html</link><description><![CDATA[<P>Event by event reports of all finals will be available here - check again later for more news</P>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:51:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Team of 79 ready for Bydgoszcz World Junior Champs]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45757.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45757.html</link><description><![CDATA[8 July 2008 - USA Track &amp; Field today announced the Team USA roster for the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships, which open today in Bydgoszcz, Poland. <BR>]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/ANDERSONJeshua08NCAAKL_3523_SQ_THUMB.JPG" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:46:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parnov and Twell remain cautious despite enormous potential - IAAF World Junior Championships]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45756.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45756.html</link><description><![CDATA[<P>8 July 2008 - When your auntie is the 2000 Olympic silver medallist Tatiana Grigorieva and your father one of the world’s top pole vault coaches perhaps it was no great surprise Vicky Parnov took up the discipline.</P>]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81843251_3612_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kaki: I’m doing it for Sudan]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45755.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45755.html</link><description><![CDATA[7&nbsp;July 2008 - After his World junior 800m record of 1:42.69 earlier this year, Abubaker Kaki has the potential to be one of the stars of next month’s Olympics, so one might wonder why the 19-year-old has chosen to line up at the IAAF World Junior Championships against athletes more than three seconds slower than him.]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81843235_3608_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Largest ever Polish team at World Junior Champs]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45726.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45726.html</link><description><![CDATA[7 July 2008 - The host country, Poland, has entered its biggest ever team at the World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, with a total of 69 athletes (41 men and 28 women).]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/81843256_3610_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:06:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hasay ready for the 1500m after qualifying for US Olympic Trials final]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45743.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45743.html</link><description><![CDATA[7 July 2008 - Eugene, USA –&nbsp; Jordan Hasay was just looking for experience in the 1500m in the US Olympic Trials at Hayward Field over the weekend.]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/Competition/Jordan1_3603_SQ_THUMB.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Improvement is the key target for Maltese Junior athletes]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45730.html?cid=rssfeed&amp;att=index</guid><link>http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45730.html</link><description><![CDATA[7 July 2008 - If the Olympics are the target for every senior athlete this season, then the World Junior Championships have to be the main target for every young athlete. 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Among them Hiroki Sasase and Asuka Terada stand out. They set records and won titles, and were selected as the MVP in the national inter-high school championships last August.&nbsp; ]]></description><enclosure lenght="80" url="http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/Competitions/IAAFWorldYouth/30228_W120XH120.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:05:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
