South Africa’s Jan-Hendrik Heymans and Michael-Andre Matthew Edwards clinched victory with world U20-leading personal best performances during the third evening of action at the World Athletics U20 Championships Oregon 26 on Friday.
The fight for the triple jump top spot was a back and forth between Jamaica and USA. The fight really began when Jamaica’s Edwards jumped a PB of 16.71m in the fifth round. USA’s Miles Nesmith answered with 16.79m – a second consecutive PB jump after his 16.54m from the fourth round, while China’s Wang Zhuoyue sat in third place on 16.36m.
But Edwards had a response of his own – 17.08m from his final attempt to become the first U20 athlete this year to surpass 17 metres.
HEYMANS DOMINATES JAVELIN
South Africa’s Heymans started as the javelin favourite and he proved the form book right as he won with a throw of 80.50m – adding more than three metres to the PB he held going into the championships.
The 19-year-old set a PB of 79.42m in the fifth round but he improved by another metre with his last attempt, achieving the fourth-farthest winning mark in World U20 Championships history.