Romania has harvested three gold medals in this event at past IAAF World Youth Championships and the East European nation will have high hopes that Georgina Iuliana Anitei can secure title number four.

With just one centimetre separating the top five entrants, the girls' pole vault promises to be one of the most unpredictable events at these championships.

World list leader Lisa Maihofer will arrive in Cali as clearly the girl to beat in the long jump.

In a field of considerable depth, Czech Republic s Michaela Hruba stands out as the favourite.

Sprinters Jimmy Vicaut and Christophe Lemaitre clashed twice at the French Championships, which concluded on Sunday (12), with both sprinters coming away from Villeneuve d'Ascq with one victory each and booking their places on the team for the IAAF Wor...

The 2015 European Under-23 Championships in Tallinn ended in much the same way as it started, with Germany s Rebekka Haase taking another gold medal as the event drew to a close on Sunday (12).