Tara Davis blew a tight long jump competition wide open with a 6.41m leap in the final round to secure the first ever victory for the USA in this event at the IAAF World Youth Championships.

International travel, different food, foreign languages, world-class competitors, a new track, different climate. These are just some of the challenges that the young athletes attending the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 may have been facing...

Sweden s Armand Duplantis was a worthy winner of the boys pole vault on the final day of the IAAF World Youth Championships in Cali on Sunday (19), his winning clearance of 5.30m a championship record which brought a vocal Colombian crowd to its feet ...

The golden arm of Germany s Niklas Kaul was repelled by unheralded South African Paul Jacobus Botha, who made a near four-metre improvement on his lifetime best to clinch a shock gold medal at the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 on Sunday (19).

In a race that boiled down to a frantic three-way dash to the line, it was Kenya s Richard Yator Kimunyan who ultimately had the most gears and took the boys' 3000m gold medal in 7:54.45 at the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 on Sunday (19).

With an inspiring display of grit, tactical prowess and sheer determination, USA s Samantha Watson captured an unexpected gold in the girl s 800m at the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 on Sunday (19).