World Youth Championships Get Underway In Lille, France
- By Mario Fraioli
- Published Jul. 7, 2011
2011 World Youth Championships
Japan's Tomola Kimura sets the early pace in the women's 3,000m final. Kimura finished seventh in 9:11.36. Photo: PhotoRun.net.
2011 World Youth Championships
Athletes are string out on the back stretch of the women's 3,000m final. Photo: PhotoRun.net.
2011 World Youth Championships
Ethiopian Gotytom Gebreslase upset Kenyans Ziporah Wanjiru Kingori and Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui in the women's 3,000m final, winning in 8:56.36. Photo: PhotoRun.net
2011 World Youth Championships
Gotytom Gebreslase leads the women's 3,000m final on Wednesday night in Lille, France. Gebreslase held on for victory in 8:56.36. Photo: PhotoRun.net
2011 World Youth Championships
Kenya's Ziporah Wanjiry Kingori takes the pace in the women's 3,000m final. Kingori finished second in 8:56.82. Photo: PhotoRun.net
2011 World Youth Championships
Kenyan Conseslus Kipruto clears the water jump in the men's 2,000m steeplechase heats. Kipruto ran the fastest time in the qualifying round, 5:31.27. Photo: PhotoRun.net
2011 World Youth Championships
Kenyan Gilbert Kirui won heat 1 of the 2,000m men's steeplechase prelims in 5:34.98. Photo: PhotoRun.net
2011 World Youth Championships
Uganda's Zacharia Kiprotich clears the barrier on his way to a 5:46.66 third-place finish in heat 1 of the men's steeplechase prelims. Photo: PhotoRun.net
2011 World Youth Championships
Kenya's Gilbert Kirui clears a barrier on his way to winning heat 1 of the men's steeplechase prelims. Photo: PhotoRun.net
2011 World Youth Championships
Kenyan Gilbert Kirui gets style points for this clearing of the barrier in the men's steeplechase prelims on Wednesday night. Photo: PhotoRun.net
2011 World Youth Championships
Lille Stadium in France, site of the 2011 IAAF World Youth Championships. Photo: PhotoRun.net
2011 World Youth Championships
The American contingent of athletes parades past in the opening ceremonies of the IAAF World Youth Championships. Photo: PhotoRun.net
2011 World Youth Championships
Athletes converge for the opening ceremonies of the 2011 IAAF World Youth Championships in Lille, France. Photo: PhotoRun.net
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Mario Fraioli
Mario Fraioli is a senior editor at Competitor magazine. A cross-country All-American at Stonehill College in 2003, he now coaches the Prado Women's Racing Team in San Diego and was the men's marathon coach for Costa Rica's 2012 Olympic team. His first book, The Official Rock 'n' Roll Guide To Marathon & Half-Marathon Training (VeloPress, 2013) is available in bookstores, running shops and online.
