Michael Norman sets championship record in 200m at World Juniors

Michael Norman sprinted to a championship best in the 200m of 20.17 to close the fourth day of the IAAF World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz.

The 18-year-old was three hundredths outside the PB with which he was fifth at the recent US Olympic trials as he finished well clear of runner-up Tlotliso Leotlela (20.59) of South Africa, who took silver. Jamaica’s Nigel Ellis was the bronze medallist with 20.63.  Britain’s Cameron Tindle, who had set a PB of 20.71 to make the final, was seventh with 20.82.

Sarah Lagger came from behind in the heptathlon to take gold with an Austrian junior record of 5960. Still more than a month away from her 17th birthday, she set PBs in the 100m hurdles (14.25), shot put (13.09m) and javelin (43.65m).

Cuba’s Adrianna Rodrizuez had led by 64 points going into the last event, but with a two-lap PB that was more than 11 seconds slower than that of her main rival, she was always going to struggle to top the podium. She ended up taking silver with 5925, while Belgium’s Hanne Maudens was third with 5881.

Qatar’s Abdelalah Haroun became one of the world’s fastest ever juniors last year when he ran 44.27 so it was no surprise that he took gold in the 400m here. Clocking 44.81, he held off American Kilbert London, who ran 45.27 for silver, while Botswana’s Karobo Sibanda was third with 45.45.

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