The 2015 African Youth Athletics Championships was the second edition of the biennial athletics competition for African athletes aged fifteen to seventeen, It was held in Reduit, Mauritius from 23–26 April.Mauritius, the host country for Youth championships . Confederation of African Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-04-30. Mauritius had hosted the 2013 African Junior Athletics Championships two years earlier. A total of 38 events, 18 by boys and 20 by girls, were contested at the competition.

South Africa topped the medals table with seventeen gold medals and 29 medals overall. This marked a great improvement from the inaugural edition in 2013, having missed that event due to a lack of funding.26/03/2013 1st African Youth Championships, Warri 2013 . CAA (2013-03-26). Retrieved on 2013-09-14. Nigeria who were the previous host only managed to confirm participation due to a late intervention by an anonymous sponsor.AYAC: Kenyan rescues Nigerian athletes. Vanguard (2015-04-23). Retrieved on 2015-04-30. The next most successful countries were Kenya (eight golds and 19 in total) and Nigeria (six medals, two of them gold). South Africa won all but one of the gold medals in the throws. Kenya won all the long-distance events at the championships. Eighteen of the twenty-seven participating nations reached the medal table.Kenya and South Africa impress at African Youth Championships. IAAF (2015-04-27). Retrieved on 2015-04-30. The host nation Mauritius took one gold medal, through octathlete Bryan Tonta, and ended with a total of seven medals.

As had happened at the 2013 edition, doubles were achieved in both 100 metres and 200 metres sprints: Gift Leotlela of South Africa topped the boys' rankings and his teammate Nicola de Bruyn took the girls' titles. A third athlete managed a double in the rest of the competition – Taylon Bieldt, also of South Africa, won both the girls' hurdling events.

Medal summary

Boys 100 metres(wind: +2.2 m/s) 10.38 10.49 10.52 200 metres 20.84 21.43 21.68 400 metres 47.40 48.18 48.41 800 metres 1:51.67 1:52.14 1:52.88 1500 metres 3:44.35 3:46.22 3:48.49 3000 metres 7:56.29 7:56.33 8:18.75 110 metres hurdles(wind: +2.4 m/s) 13.38 13.62 14.65 400 metres hurdles 52.28 52.43 53.45 2000 metres steeplechase 5:37.05 5:41.28 6:13.77 Medley relayTlotliso LeotlelaKyle AppelMphu TladiMorne van As 1:53.60Aobakwe MalauThabeso SekgopiKageso MoyuthuKarabo Sibanda 1:54.10Momadou SeySulayman MannahSengan JobeEdrissa Marong 1:55.17 10,000 metres walk 46:09.53 48:23.65 51:58.55 High jump 2.04 m 2.01 m 1.98 m Long jump 7.41 m 7.38 m 7.31 m Triple jump 15.04 m 14.89 m 14.66 m Shot put 20.89 m 19.87 m 19.80 m Discus throw 64.88 m 60.61 m 58.31 m Javelin throw 72.68 m 71.48 m 65.08 m Octathlon 5363 pts 5203 pts 4995 pts

Girls 100 metres 11.87 12.53 12.80 200 metres 23.59 23.79 24.01 400 metres 58.08 59.03 59.07 800 metres 2:10.79 2:10.94 2:13.26 1500 metres 4:17.37 4:17.61 4:21.87 3000 metres 9:10.57 9:11.38 9:15.38 100 metres hurdles 13.30 14.47 15.23 400 metres hurdles 59.22 61.23 61.40 2000 metres steeplechase 6:20.47 7:06.59 7:29.09 Medley relayOmotayo AbolajiBlessing AdiakerenwaAniekeme AlphonsusPraise Idamadudu 2:08.71Nicola de BruynAmoure LerouxMadia EhlersTaylon Bieldt 2:11.21Kiana Page LeesNomatter KapfudNathalie CharidzaZaruwa Enlitha 2:20.17 5000 metres walk 25:20.28 30:55.11 36:53.44 High jump 1.69 m 1.63 m 1.60 m Pole vault 3.20 m 3.15 m 2.80 m Long jump 5.92 m 5.50 m 5.40 m Triple jump 12.06 m 11.64 m 9.37 m Shot put 14.95 m 14.12 m 13.26 m Discus throw 42.95 m 41.20 m 40.94 m Hammer throw 55.25 m 54.46 m 50.40 m Javelin throw 49.72 m 48.94 m 46.89 m Heptathlon 4733 pts 3983 pts 3603 pts

Medal table

References

Results Media Publications. COCAD 15. Retrieved on 2015-04-30. Complete Results Boys. COCAD 15. Retrieved on 2015-04-30. Complete Results Girls. COCAD 15. Retrieved on 2015-04-30. Official Medal Table. COCAD 15. Retrieved on 2015-04-30. AFRICAN YOUTH CHAMPS RESULTS . AllAthletics.co.za (2015-04-27). Retrieved on 2015-04-30.

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