The 2017 Asian Youth Athletics Championships was the second edition of the biennial, continental athletics competition for Asian athletes aged fifteen to seventeen. It was held at the National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand from 20–23 May. Organised by the Athletics Association of Thailand, a total of forty events were contested with the events divided evenly between the sexes. The event programme mirrored that of the previous IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics, with the exception of a boy's decathlon, rather than the octathlon.Mulkeen, Jon (2017-05-23). Chinese athletes dominate Asian Youth Championships . IAAF. Retrieved 2018-01-28.2nd Asian Youth Athletics Championships 2017 Main Page . Athletics Asia. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
China comfortably topped the medal table (as it did in 2015) with sixteen gold medals and 30 medals in total (a quarter of those on offer). Its dominance was slanted towards the girls' events, with Chinese topping 13 of the 20 women's podiums. Chinese Taipei retained its position of next best with six golds in a total of fifteen, closely followed by India on five golds in a 14-medal haul.
Feng Lulu was the outstanding athlete of the meet, taking the girls' 100 metres and 200 metres before claiming the sprint medley relay title with the Chinese team, resulting in three championship records. Her compatriot Pan Youqi was the triple jump winner as well as long jump runner-up. Hong Kong's Chan Pui Kei was the only other athlete to claim three medals, being twice runner-up to Feng individually and taking third in the relay. Guo Pei Yu was a minor medallist in both shot put and discus throw events. Halomoan Edwin Binsar was the only male athlete to reach two individual podiums, being the 400 metres hurdles champion and 110 metres hurdles bronze medallist.
The regional event preceded the 2017 World U18 Championships in Athletics, where several Chinese athletes went on to global success. Liu Zhekai was the boy's javelin throw winner there and on the girls side Niu Chunge and Gong Luying also won the pole vault and long jump titles, respectively. Zhang Yao, third in the racewalk in Bangkok, improved to take the world under-18 gold. Among the world minor medallists were boy's hammer thrower Damneet Singh and Taipei hurdler Lu Hao-hua.2017 IAAF World U18 Championships Results. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
Medal summary Men 100 metres(wind: −0.1 m/s) 10.77 10.80 10.81200 metres(wind: +0.4 m/s) 21.48 21.69 21.86400 metres 47.47 48.16 48.49800 metres 1:54.99 1:54.99 1:55.251500 metres 3:50.65 3:55.04 3:58.743000 metres 8:35.49 8:42.88 8:49.34110 metres hurdles 13.45 13.66 13.73400 metres hurdles 51.96 52.49 53.862000 metres steeplechase 5:58.34 6:01.16 6:13.33Medley relay Palender KumarGurindervir SinghManishAkshay Nain 1:55.62 Yue Liu Hao-cyuanLu Hao-huaYe Cing-huaHuang Ting-hsuan 1:55.71 Tse Yee Hn RicoMa Chi FaiChan Ching FungWong Shek On Zion 1:56.1110,000 m walk 45:30.39 45:47.41 46:12.58 High jump 2.10 m 2.03 m 2.00 m Pole vault 5.00 m 4.85 m 4.80 m Long jump 7.49 m = 7.38 m 7.30 m Triple jump 15.05 m 14.78 m 14.71 m Shot put 19.40 m 18.82 m 18.59 m Discus throw 56.47 m 54.58 m 52.48 m Hammer throw 71.16 m 70.29 m 69.76 m Javelin throw 77.25 m 70.09 m 69.89 m Decathlon 5982 pts 5976 pts 5904 pts
Mathew was declared the winner in a photo finish, being given a time of 1:54.991, two thousandths ahead of Mudiyansela Shin Mink-yu of Korea set a championship record of 21.45 seconds in the preliminary rounds. Hao Hua Lu of Chinese Taipei set a championship record of 13.40 seconds in the preliminary rounds.
Women 100 metres(wind: +0.4 m/s) 11.77 11.91 12.07200 metres(wind: +0.5 m/s) 24.06 24.57 24.60400 metres 55.19 55.81 55.94800 metres 2:14.15 2:14.23 2:15.211500 metres 4:40.09 4:51.26 4:52.753000 metres 10:00.96 10:02.18 10:05.27100 metres hurdles 14.08 14.23 14.29400 metres hurdles 59.71 1:00.66 1:00.872000 metres steeplechase 7:02.77 7:04.25 7:10.82Medley relay Feng LuluTao YananLiang YinaMo Jiadie 2:09.63 Jirawan ChutrakunPreechaporn PluempanTawanchat ChanbuKitiya Nguphimai 2:15.65 Hui Man NatalieWong Tsz ShanChan Pui KeiFung Cheuk Lam 2:16.175000 m walk 25:41.36 26:04.42 26:53.61 High jump 1.73 m 1.69 m 1.69 m Pole vault 4.15 m 3.70 mNot awarded Long jump 6.11 m 5.99 m 5.82 m Triple jump 12.73 m 12.41 m 11.98 m Shot put 17.51 m 17.50 m 15.66 m Discus throw 47.78 m 45.74 m 44.29 Hammer throw 67.81 m 59.00 m 55.41 m Javelin throw 56.29 m 55.07 m 49.35 m Heptathlon 4985 pts 4653 pts 4501 pts
Medal table Key
See also 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics 2017 African Youth Athletics Championships
References
Results 2nd Asian Youth Athletics Championships 2017 - Summary Result. Athletics Asia. Retrieved 2018-01-28.