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| Irene Ekelund of Sweden celebrates winning the gold medal as she crosses the finish line in the girls 200m final on Sunday at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Donetsk.(Getty Images) |
Sweden's Irene Ekelund produced a sensational performance as the IAAF World Youth Championships came to a close in Donetsk.
Ekelund, who was only 16 in March, soared to victory in the girls' 200m in 22.91. The time was a Championship record and a national junior record and she missed out on her country's senior record by just 0.1.
The run is the joint seventh quickest in Europe this summer, the eighth fastest youth time and the third quickest of all time by a European.
It was an amazing way to end the event for Ekelund who beat Ecuador's Angela Tenorio, who was second in 23.13, with Ariana Washington, of the USA, third in 23.20.
Romania's Florentina Marincu, 17, made it a championship to remember when she added girls' long jump gold to the triple jump title she had won on Friday.
Marincu's third round effort of 6.42m proved the winning jump as she beat American Keturah Orji, who was second with 6.39m, and Poland's Natalia Chacinska, who was third with 6.22m.
Another name for the future emerged from the girls' 800m as Iceland's Anita Hinkriksdottir, 17, won in a Championship record of 2:01.13.
The manner of her victory was evident in the times alone as she triumphed by over two seconds from Ethiopia's Dureti Edao, who was second in 2:03.25, with Raevyn Rogers, of the USA, third in 2:03.32.
The boys' javelin saw gold go to Slovenia's Matija Muhar,16, which he achieved with his first throw, an outstanding personal best of 78.84m, which was a national youth record.
Hungary's Norbert Rivasz-Toth threatened it in the final round with 78.27m for silver ahead of Spain's Pablo Bugallo who was third with 76.63m, also a national youth record.
There was gold for Great Britain's Harry Coppell, who was 17 last Thursday, in the boys' pole vault as he triumphed with 5.25m on the third attempt as he beat Bokai Huang, of China, with 5.20m and Israel's Lev Skorish on 5.10m.
Coppell did look to go higher but 5.30m proved too much this time.