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Alfonz Juck
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EUGENE (USA, Aug 5): The World U20 Championships first session brought fast 100 m boys times in the first round by Tate Taylor 10.05 (0.0) and Gary Card 10.07 (+0.3). Jamaican Theianna-Lee Terrelonge was fastest in girls heats with 11.21 (+1.2).
EUGENE, OREGON – AUGUST 05: (L-R) Yoan Kamenov of Team Bulgaria, Tate Taylor of Team United States and Danish Iftikhar Muhammad Roslee of Team Malaysia compete in a heat of the Men’s 100m during day one of the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships at Hayward Field on August 05, 2026 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Steph Chambers/WA/Getty Images for World Athletics)
Team USA was the best in mixed 4×400 m heats with 3:18.26 and will be attacking the all-time U20 best in the finals. The best mark in qualifications in boys hammer was Chen Jiawei, who got the World U20 lead and national junior record 80.39 (previous PB 77.50).
Sweden´s Ella Malm topped long jump qualification 636 PB (+0.8), list leader Jan-Hendrik Heymans from South Africa was the best in boys javelin qualification 76.02, Greek Anastasios Papadopoulos in boys shot put qualification 19.82. Thea Brown from Britain leads the heptathlon after two events with 2043 points. She was the best in 100 m hurdles 13.23 and second best in high jump 178. Ugandan Shafeck Murungi clocked PB 1:46.64 to be the fastest in the boys’ 800 m first round; among the girls, Japanese Rin Kubo clocked 2:03.27.