The 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics is the sixth edition of the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics. They were held at Brixen-Bressanone Sport Arena in Bressanone, Italy from 8–12 July 2009. Athletes had to be aged 16 or 17 on 31 December 2009 (born in 1992 or 1993) to compete.IAAF, May 5, 2009: More than 170 nations to compete in Sϋdtirol – 2009 World Youth Champs. Accessed 2009-07-11. Archived 2009-09-08.
15-year-old Jodie Williams took the 100 m sprint title in a youth world leading time of 11.39. This was also a personal best for Williams, who had not lost a 100 m final since 2007. Also winning the girls' 200 m, Williams became the first youth athlete ever to do so. A similar feat was achieved by Kirani James of Grenada, who won the boys' 200 and 400 metres.Williams and James achieve unprecedented doubles as Kenya steals the show in middle distance
With the 100 m hurdles, 17-year-old Isabelle Pedersen became Norway's first World Youth champion. Her time of 13.20 in the semi-finals was a national record and third all-time Youth best. 16-year-old Italian Alessia Trost also became the host nation's first World Youth champion.
Johan Rogestedt of Sweden became the first European ever to win the 800 metres, usually dominated by East African runners.A Swede steals Kenya's thunder at the World Youth Championships In high jump, Russian-born Dmitriy Kroyter became Israel's first world youth champion.
Medal summary Boys
100 mPrezel Hardy 10.57Aaron Brown 10.74Giovanni Galbieri 10.79200 mKirani James 21.05 PBAlberto Gavalda 21.33 SBKeenan Brock 21.39400 mKirani James 45.24 CR WL PBJoshua Mance 46.22 PBAwad El Karim Makki 47.15 SB800 mJohan Rogestedt 1:50.92 PBPeter Langat Kiplangat 1:50.97Nicholas Kiplangat Kipkoech 1:51.011500 mGideon Kiage Mageka 3:37.36 WLCaleb Mwangangi Ndiku 3:38.42Girma Bekele 3:39.88 PB3000 mIsaiah Kiplangat Koech 7:51.51 CRDavid Kiprotich Bett 7:52.13 PBGoitom Kifle 8:05.83 PB2000 m st.Hillary Kipsang Yego 5:25.33 WLPeter Kibet Lagat 5:26.59 PBDesta Alemu 5:37.32 PB110 m H 91.4 cmDale Morgan 13.28 WLJack Meredith 13.33 PBGregory MacNeil 13.51400 m H 84.0 cmNorge Sotomayor 51.30 WLJeremiah Kipkorir Mutai 51.45 PBJose Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon 51.7410,000 m track walkHagen Pohle 41:35.99 CR WL PB 41:53.76 PBIhor Lyashchenko 42:01.90 PBMedley relayColin HepburnKeenan BrockDedric DukesJoshua Mance 1:50.33 WYBJonathas da SilvaJean Roberto da SilvaJackson da SilvaLeandro de Araújo 1:52.66 SBTakumi KukiRyota YamagataKo KayadaShogo Momiki 1:52.82 SBHigh jumpDmitriy Kroyter 2.20Janick Klausen 2.20 PBDjango LovettDaniil Tsyplakov 2.17 PB2.17 PBPole vaultJin Min-sub 5.15 PBCarlo Paech 5.10Daniel Clemens 5.10Long jumpSupanara Sukhasvasti 7.65 PBStefan Brits 7.57Yannick Roggatz 7.53 PBTriple jumpBenjamin Williams 15.91 PBSupanara Sukhasvasti 15.70 PBAleksandr Yurchenko 15.66 PBShot put 5 kgRyan Crouser 21.56 CRKrzysztof Brzozowski 20.89 PBFrans Schutte 20.37 PBDiscus 1.500 kgHamid Manssour 64.20Ryan Crouser 61.64Traves Smikle 61.22 PBHammer 5 kgChen Hongqiu 74.93 WL PBSuhrob Khodjaev 73.29 PBTomáš Kružliak 72.17Javelin 700gShih-Feng Huang 74.00Killian Durechou 73.54Braian Toledo 73.44 PBOctathlonKevin Mayer 6478 WLMohd Ahmed Al-Mannai 6232 PBSteffen Klink 6217 PB
Girls 100 mJodie Williams 11.39 WL PBAllison Peter 11.47 PBAshton Purvis 11.48 SB200 mJodie Williams 23.08 WLAllison Peter 23.08 WLAshton Purvis 23.15 PB400 mEbony Eutsey 52.88Michelle Brown 53.44Sandra Wagner 53.52 PB800 mCherono Koech 2:01.67 CRCiara Mageean 2:03.07 PBRowena Cole 2:03.83 PB1500 mNelly Chebet Ngeiywo 4:12.76 PBGete Dima 4:15.16Amela Terzić 4:16.71 PB3000 mPurity Cherotich Rionoripo 9:03.79Jackline Chepngeno 9:05.93 PBGenet Yalew 9:08.95 PB2000 m st.Korahubsh Itaa 6:11.83 WYBLucia Kamene Muangi 6:11.90 PBHalima Hassen 6:16.83 PB100 m H 76.2 cmIsabelle Pedersen 13.23Kori Carter 13.26 PBBridgette Owens 13.39 PB400 m HVera Rudakova 57.83 WLDanielle Dowie 58.62Déborah Rodríguez 59.71 PB5,000 m track walkElena Lashmanova 22:55.45 WLYanelli Caballero 22:59.27 PBSvetlana Vasilyeva 23:00.15 PBMedley relayJordan ClarkAshton PurvisBriana NelsonEbony Eutsey 2:04.32 WLAnasztázia NguyenKriszta KomiszárDorina VinczeLilla Loránd 2:09.22 PBAna Maria RosianuAna AlungoaieSanda BelgyanAdelina Pastor 2:09.25 PBHigh jumpAlessia Trost 1.87Mariya KuchinaAmy Pejkovic 1.85 PB 1.85 PBPole vaultAngelica Bengtsson 4.32 WLMichaela Meijer 4.10Felicia HorvathTatyana Stetsyuk 4.00 PB4.00 PBLong jumpLu Minjia 6.22Alina Rotaru 6.09Jennifer Clayton 6.05Triple jumpYana Borodina 13.63 WLDeng Lina 13.57 PBValeriya Kanatova 13.45Shot putLena Urbaniak 15.28Margaret Satupai 14.96 SBDong Yangzi 14.65 PBDiscusLi Shanshan 51.65Alex Collatz 50.09Shanice Craft 49.15HammerBarbara Spiler 59.33Kivilcim Kaya 57.91 SBBianca Lazar Fazecas 56.41 PBJavelinAnastasiya Svechnikova 53.25 SBWu You 52.04 PBLaura Henkel 51.47 PBHeptathlonKatarina Thompson 5750 WLLaura Ikauniece 5647 PBKira Biesenbach 5423 PB
Medals table
All Information taken from IAAF's website.2009 World Youth medal table . Accessed 2009-07-11. Archived 2009-09-08.
Mascot The mascot is a crow named Hugo, who is also the mascot of Brixia Meeting.
References
External links Official results Official website of the 2009 World Youth Championships