2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics

Host city	Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Nations	163
Athletes	1313
Events	44
Dates	19–25 July
Opened by	Michaëlle Jean
Main venue	Moncton Stadium
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The 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes under the age of 20 which was held at the Moncton Stadium in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada from 19 to 25 July 2010.^[1] A total of 44 athletics events were contested at the Championships, 22 by male and 22 by female athletes. It was the second time that the event took place in Canada, after the 1988 edition in Sudbury. This became the last event announced by Scott Davis.

Katsiaryna Artsiukh of Belarus, the winner of the women's 400 m hurdles title,^[2] had a positive test for Metenolone (a banned steroid) on the day of her victory. She was banned from the sport for two years.^[3]

Opening ceremony

The competition opened the evening of 19 July and, following a ninety-minute light and music presentation, the championships were officially opened by the Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper and Gary Lunn, the Minister for Sport. One event was held on the first day, the women's 3000 metres, and the Prime Minister awarded Mercy Cherono with the first gold medal of the competition.^[4]

Men's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Dexter Lee  Jamaica	10.21	Charles Silmon  United States	10.23 PB	Jimmy Vicaut  France	10.28
	Pre-race favourite Dexter Lee became the first man to win two consecutive 100 m titles at the competition.[5]
200 m details	Shōta Iizuka  Japan	20.67	Aliaksandr Linnik  Belarus	20.89	Aaron Brown  Canada	21.00 PB
	Iizuka became Japan's first sprint winner at the championships.[6] The highly favoured Dexter Lee had a false start in the heats.[7]
400 m details	Kirani James  Grenada	45.89	Marcell Deák-Nagy  Hungary	46.09	Errol Nolan  United States	46.36
	James won but was still disappointed with his performance, saying: "I don't care about championships, I just care about running fast."[8]
800 m details	David Mutinda Mutua  Kenya	1:46.41 PB	Casimir Loxsom  United States	1:46.57 PB	Robby Andrews  United States	1:47.00
	With their second- and third-place finish, Loxsom and Andrews became the first American males to medal in a middle distance event at the world junior championships.[9]
1500 m details	Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku  Kenya	3:37.30 PB	Abderrahmane Anou  Algeria	3:38.86	Mohamad Al-Garni  Qatar	3:38.91
5000 m details	David Kiprotich Bett  Kenya	13:23.76	John Kipkoech  Kenya	13:26.03 PB	Aziz Lahbabi  Morocco	13:28.92 NJR
10,000 m details	Dennis Chepkongin Masai  Kenya	27:53.88 WJL	Gebretsadik Abraha  Ethiopia	28:03.45 PB	Paul Kipchumba Lonyangata  Kenya	28:14.55 PB
	Dennis Masai won his first international medal, following his siblings Moses Ndiema Masai and Linet Masai onto the global stage.[10][11]
110 m hurdles (99.0 cm) details	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde  France	13.52	Vladimir Vukicevic  Norway	13.59	Jack Meredith  Great Britain	13.59
400 m hurdles details	Jehue Gordon  Trinidad and Tobago	49.30	Takatoshi Abe  Japan	49.46 PB	Leslie Murray  U.S. Virgin Islands	50.22 SB
3000 m steeplechase details	Jonathan Muia Ndiku  Kenya	8:23.48	Albert Kiptoo Yator  Kenya	8:33.55 PB	Jacob Araptany  Uganda	8:37.02
4×100 m relay details	United States Michael Granger Charles Silmon Eric Harris Oliver Bradwell	38.93 WJL	Jamaica Brandon Tomlinson Bernardo Brady Odean Skeen Dexter Lee	39.55 SB	Trinidad and Tobago Jamol James Sabian Cox Moriba Morain Shermund Allsop	39.72 SB
4×400 m relay details	United States Joshua Mance Errol Nolan David Verburg Michael Berry	3:04.76 WJL	Nigeria Japhet Samuel Tobi Ogunmola Jonathan Nmaju Salihu Isah	3:06.36 NJR	Great Britain Nathan Wake Dan Putnam Sebastian Rodger Jack Green	3:06.49 SB
10,000 m walk details	Valery Filipchuk  Russia	40:43.17 WJL	Cai Zelin  China	40:43.59 PB	Petr Bogatyrev  Russia	40:50.37 PB

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Mutaz Essa Barshim  Qatar	2.30	David Smith  United States	2.24 PB	Naoto Tobe  Japan	2.21 SB
Pole vault details	Anton Ivakin  Russia	5.50 WJL	Claudio Stecchi  Italy	5.40 PB	Andrew Sutcliffe  Great Britain	5.35 PB
Long jump details	Luvo Manyonga  South Africa	7.99	Eusebio Cáceres  Spain	7.90	Taylor Stewart  Canada	7.63
	Manyonga emulated Godfrey Khotso Mokoena to become the second African ever to medal in the long jump at the championships.[12] Stewart won Canada's first medal with his final effort.[13]
Triple jump details	Aleksey Fyodorov  Russia	16.68	Ernesto Revé  Cuba	16.47	Omar Craddock  United States	16.23
Shot put (6 kg) details	Jacko Gill  New Zealand	20.76 WJL	Božidar Antunović  Serbia	20.20 NJR	Ding Yongheng  China	20.14 PB
	The 15-year-old Gill beat out Antunovic (age 18) and Ding (age 19), surpassing Usain Bolt as the youngest ever world junior champion.[14]
Discus throw (1.750 kg) details	Andrius Gudžius  Lithuania	63.78	Andrei Gag  Romania	61.85 PB	Julian Wruck  Australia	61.09
Hammer throw (6 kg) details	Conor McCullough  United States	80.79 CR, NJR	Ákos Hudi  Hungary	78.37	Alaa El-Din El-Ashry  Egypt	76.66 PB
Javelin throw details	Till Wöschler  Germany	82.52 WJL	Genki Dean  Japan	76.44 PB	Dmitri Tarabin  Russia	76.42
Decathlon (junior) details	Kevin Mayer  France	7928 PB	Ilya Shkurenev  Russia	7830 PB	Marcus Nilsson  Sweden	7751 PB
	Kevin Mayer defended a first-day lead and won the title in the 1500 m final event, overtaking Russian Ilya Shkurenev.[15]

Women's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Jodie Williams  Great Britain	11.40	Takeia Pinckney  United States	11.49	Jamile Samuel  Netherlands	11.56
	Reigning youth champion Jodie Williams extended her undefeated streak to win her first junior title.[16]
200 m details	Stormy Kendrick  United States	22.99 PB	Jodie Williams  Great Britain	23.19	Jamile Samuel  Netherlands	23.27
	Kendrick produced a lifetime best to finally bring an end to Jodie Williams' four-year-long, 151-race winning streak.[17]
400 m details	Shaunae Miller  Bahamas	52.52	Margaret Etim  Nigeria	53.05	Bianca Răzor  Romania	53.17
	Sixteen-year-old Miller overhauled the more favoured Etim, who held the world junior leading time.[18]
800 m details	Elena Mirela Lavric  Romania	2:01.85	Cherono Koech  Kenya	2:02.29	Annet Negesa  Uganda	2:02.51
1500 m details	Tizita Bogale  Ethiopia	4:08.06 PB	Ciara Mageean  Ireland	4:09.51 NJR	Nancy Chepkwemoi  Kenya	4:11.04 PB
3000 m details	Mercy Cherono  Kenya	8:55.07 WJL	Emebet Anteneh  Ethiopia	8:55.24 PB	Layes Abdullayeva  Azerbaijan	8:55.33 NJR
	Cherono took her second consecutive World Junior title, becoming the first woman to repeat as World Junior champion in the 3000 m.[19]
5000 m details	Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia	15:08.06 CR	Mercy Cherono  Kenya	15:09.19	Alice Aprot Nawowuna  Kenya	15:17.39 PB
	A fraught duel between Mercy Cherono and Genzebe Dibaba was decided when Cherono stumbled in the final stages, allowing the Ethiopian to win.[20]
100 m hurdles details	Isabelle Pedersen  Norway	13.30 NJR	Jenna Pletsch  Germany	13.35	Miriam Hehl  Germany	13.46
400 m hurdles details	Vera Rudakova  Russia	57.16 PB	Evonne Britton  United States	57.32 PB	Shiori Miki  Japan	57.35 NJR
3000 m steeplechase details	Purity Cherotich Kirui  Kenya	9:36.34 PB	Birtukan Adamu  Ethiopia	9:43.23 PB	Lucia Kamene Muangi  Kenya	9:43.71 PB
	A pile up at the water jump enabled Kirui to construct her victory. German, Spanish, Italian and Mexican junior records were broken and home athlete Genevieve Lalonde set a NACAC junior record.[21]
4×100 m relay details	United States Stormy Kendrick Takeia Pinckney Dezerea Bryant Ashley Collier	43.44 WJL	Germany Nadja Bahl Leena Günther Tatjana Pinto Stefanie Pähler	43.74 NJR	Netherlands Dafne Schippers Loreanne Kuhurima Eva Lubbers Jamile Samuel	44.09 NJR
4×400 m relay details	United States Diamond Dixon Stacey-Ann Smith Laura Roesler Regina George	3:31.20 WJL	Nigeria Nkiruka Florence Uwakwe Bukola Abogunloko Chizoba Okodogbe Margaret Etim	3:31.84 SB	Jamaica Jody Ann Muir Janieve Russell Natoya Goule Chris-Ann Gordon	3:32.24 SB
10,000 m walk details	Elena Lashmanova  Russia	44:11.90 WJL	Anna Lukyanova  Russia	44:17.98 PB	Kumiko Okada  Japan	45:56.15
	Elena Lashmanova and Anna Lukyanova controlled the race for a Russian 1–2, leaving pre race favourite Kumiko Okada trailing for bronze.[22]

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Marija Vuković  Montenegro	1.91 NR	Airinė Palšytė  Lithuania	1.89	Elena Vallortigara  Italy	1.89
	Vuković became the first Montenegrin to win a medal of any kind in athletics.[23]
Pole vault details	Angelica Bengtsson  Sweden	4.25 NJR	Victoria von Eynatten  Germany	4.20	Holly Bleasdale  Great Britain	4.15
Long jump details	Irisdaymi Herrera  Cuba	6.41 PB	Wang Wupin  China	6.23	Marharyta Tverdohlib  Ukraine	6.20
Triple jump details	Dailenys Alcántara  Cuba	14.09	Laura Samuel  Great Britain	13.75 NJR	Deng Lina  China	13.72 PB
Shot put details	Meng Qianqian  China	16.94	Cui Shuang  China	16.13	Evgeniya Smirnova  Russia	15.75
	Brazilian Geisa Arcanjo initially won the gold medal, but later was disqualified for doping.
Discus throw details	Yaime Pérez  Cuba	56.01	Erin Pendleton  United States	54.96	Yuliya Kurylo  Ukraine	53.96
Hammer throw details	Sophie Hitchon  Great Britain	66.01 NJR	Barbara Špiler  Slovenia	65.28	Zhang Li  China	63.96
Javelin throw details	Sanni Utriainen  Finland	56.69 PB	Līna Mūze  Latvia	56.64 PB	Tazmin Brits  South Africa	54.55
Heptathlon details	Dafne Schippers  Netherlands	5967 PB	Sara Gambetta  Germany	5770 PB	Helga Margrét Thorsteinsdóttir  Iceland	5706

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya (KEN)	7	4	4	15
2	United States (USA)	6	6	3	15
3	Russia (RUS)	5	2	3	10
4	Cuba (CUB)	3	1	0	4
5	Ethiopia (ETH)	2	3	0	5
6	Great Britain (GBR)	2	2	4	8
7	France (FRA)	2	0	1	3
8	Germany (GER)	1	4	1	6
9	China (CHN)	1	3	3	7
10	Japan (JPN)	1	2	3	6
11	Jamaica (JAM)	1	1	1	3
	Romania (ROU)	1	1	1	3
13	Lithuania (LTU)	1	1	0	2
	Norway (NOR)	1	1	0	2
15	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	3	4
16	Qatar (QAT)	1	0	1	2
	South Africa (RSA)	1	0	1	2
	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	1	2
	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	1	0	1	2
20	Bahamas (BAH)	1	0	0	1
	Finland (FIN)	1	0	0	1
	Grenada (GRN)	1	0	0	1
	Montenegro (MNE)	1	0	0	1
	New Zealand (NZL)	1	0	0	1
25	Nigeria (NGA)	0	3	0	3
26	Hungary (HUN)	0	2	0	2
27	Italy (ITA)	0	1	1	2
28	Algeria (ALG)	0	1	0	1
	Belarus (BLR)	0	1	0	1
	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	0	1
	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	0	1
	Serbia (SRB)	0	1	0	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	0	1	0	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	1	0	1
35	Canada (CAN)*	0	0	2	2
	Uganda (UGA)	0	0	2	2
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	2	2
38	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	0	1	1
	Egypt (EGY)	0	0	1	1
	Iceland (ISL)	0	0	1	1
	Morocco (MAR)	0	0	1	1
	U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV)	0	0	1	1
Totals (43 entries)		44	44	44	132

• All Information taken from IAAF's website.

Participation

According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list,^[24] 1313 athletes from 163 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[25]