[World Athletics]A pair of national U20 100m records by Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo and Namibia’s Beatrice Masilingi and a strong start by Finnish heptathlete Saga Vanninen highlighted the first morning of action at the World Athletics U20 Championships at Kasarani Stadium on Wednesday. The 18-year-old’s hurdles time was just outside her best of 13.55 while her high jump was just 1cm down on her best. Austria’s Sophie Kreiner is her closest pursuer on 1860 points after a 14.51 100m hurdles and 1.78m high jump, while Estonia’s Pippi Lotta Enok sits third on 1855 points after a 14.28 clocking in the hurdles and 1.75m clearance in the high jump. Namibia’s Masilingi was most impressive in her heat of the women’s 100m, powering to victory in a national U20 record of 11.20 (1.0m/s). The next quickest qualifier in the other heats was Jamaica’s Tina Clayton, who clocked 11.50 (-0.1m/s).

Source: Standard Digital August 18, 2021 10:07 UTC