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The final of the 3000m steeplechase at the 2008 Championships in Poland. The World Athletics U20 Championships is a biennial world championships for the sport of athletics organised by the World Athletics, contested by athletes in the under-20 athletics age category (19 years old or younger on 31 December in the year of the competition.
Standing records prior to the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships World U20 Record Allyson Felix (USA) 22.18: Athens, Greece: 25 August 2004 Championship Record Briana Williams (JAM) 22.50: Tampere Finland: 14 July 2018 World U20 Leading Christine Mboma (NAM) 21.81: Tokyo, Japan: 3 August 2021
The 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships, also known colloquially by its former official title, the World Junior Championships, was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born no earlier than 1 January 2003), which was held from 1 to 6 August 2022 at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia.
World U20 Record Christine Mboma (NAM) 21.81: Tokyo, Japan: 3 August 2021 Championship Record Christine Mboma (NAM) 21.84: Nairobi, Kenya: 21 August 2021 World U20 Leading JaMeesia Ford (USA) 22.08: Eugene, United States: 8 June 2024
Standing records prior to the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships World U20 Record Tamari Davis (USA) 10.83: Memphis, United States: 30 July 2022 Championship Record Twanisha Terry (USA) 11.03: Tampere Finland: 12 July 2018 World U20 Leading Tamari Davis (USA) 10.83: Memphis, United States: 30 July 2022
Standing records prior to the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships World U20 Record Christine Mboma (NAM) 21.81: Tokyo, Japan: 3 August 2021 Championship Record Christine Mboma (NAM) 21.84: Nairobi, Kenya: 21 August 2021 World U20 Leading Christine Mboma (NAM) 21.87: Gaborone, Botswana: 30 April 2022
The 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships, also known as the World Junior Championships, was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born no earlier than 1 January 2002), which was held from 18 to 22 August 2021 at the Moi International Sports Centre in Nairobi, Kenya.
On 5 April 2023 it was announced that the city had initially withdrawn as a host of the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships due to "recent political instability, social unrest and natural disasters". [1] [2] However on 14 August 2023, Lima was reinstated as host city for the event as all the issues were stabilised. [3]