The jumps provided some of the biggest highlights at the ninth European Athletics U23 Championships, which were held in Tampere, Finland, between 11 14 July, with pride of place going to Spain s Eusebio Caceres and Italy s Alessia Trost.

Russia s 16-year-old Olga Shargina restored Russia s outstanding walking tradition by winning gold in the girls 5000m Race Walk, a title which had eluded her country only twice in the 14-year-history of the Championships but most recently two years ag...

After three days of competition at the 2013 IAAF World Youth Championships, one name was on the lips of everyone when the issue of who had been the revelation of the Championships so far was discussed: Jamaica s 400m winner Martin Manley.

Germany s Celina Leffler had a solid second day to win the girls Heptathlon with a new championship record of 5747 points ahead of Sweden s Emma Stenlof, who was second with 5590, and Leffler s compatriot Louisa Grauvogel (5581) here in Donetsk.

Jamaica s Marvin Williams improved his own personal best by almost one second to clock a new World youth leading mark of 50.39 and become a surprise winner of the boys 400m Hurdles here in Donetsk.

As predicted, Reka Gyuratz and Helga Volgyi continued their intense rivalry and achieved a Hungarian one-two in the girls Hammer Throw final, surpassing 70 metres on seven occasions.