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The future of the sport, on and off the field of play, has been shaped during the World Athletics U20 Championships Lima 24.
Taking place in the Peruvian capital from 27-31 August, the event featured four championship records and six area U20 records, while there were 10 world U20-leading performances, 71 national records and 288 personal bests.
USA topped the medal table with 16 medals – eight gold, four silver and four bronze – two years out from the nation hosting the next edition of the World U20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon, in 2026.
Second on the medal table was Ethiopia, with the nation’s athletes achieving two of the championship records: Medina Eisa with 14:39.71 in the women’s 5000m and Sembo Almayew with 9:12.71 in the women’s 3000m steeplechase. The other championship records were set by Tunisia’s Rayen Cherni with 39:24.85 in the men’s 10,000m race walk and Czechia’s Tomas Jarvinen with 8425 points in the decathlon.
A total of 20 countries won gold medals and 66 countries finished in the top eight. One country – Thailand – won its first ever medal in the history of the championships as Puripol Boonson secured silver in the men’s 100m. He then helped his nation’s 4x100m team to bronze.
SOURCE: WORLD ATHLETICS
