Living up admirably to his favourite s role, Maykel D. Masso of Cuba won his second consecutive global title in the long jump, adding the world U20 crown to the U18 laurels he won last year in Cali.

For the first eight events of the decathlon, Kaul kept his cool. He knew that his best event was yet to come.

Powered by a 61.9-second closing lap, Beyenu Degefa captured the women s 3000m title, the first gold medal at these championships for Ethiopia.

In what was a year of surprises for Noah Lyles, the 18-year-old US sprinter had one final trick up his sleeve in Bydgoszcz on Wednesday night (20).

Coming into the IAAF World U20 Championships, few would have predicted that Poland s Klaudia Maruszewska stood much chance of a medal. After all, the Polish athlete had a best of just 50.43m, several metres behind a horde of her strongest competitors f...

Distance running greats Wilson Kipsang and Kenenisa Bekele are set to go head to head at this year's edition of the BMW Berlin Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on 25 September.

Two years after missing the final by one place, Germany s Alina Kenzel dominated the shot put in Bydgoszcz.

The second morning of action at the IAAF World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz 2016 on Wednesday (20) saw a host of leading sprinters take to the track for the first time, while the men s decathlon progressed towards what is set to be a nail-biting finish.

Konrad Bukowiecki lived up to his role as championships poster boy flawlessly, breaking the world U20 record in the shot put* to highlight the opening day of the IAAF World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz 2016 on Tuesday (19).

From the outset, Kenya s Rodgers Chumo Kwemoi stamped his authority on this race, charging to the front and pulling the field through the opening kilometre in 2:52.67.