Asian Junior Athletics Championships
The Asian Junior Athletics Championships (U20) (Asian Junior U20 Athletics Championships) are the Asian championships open for those of age according to junior. It is currently organized by the Asian Athletics Association.athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...
competition for
Asia
Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...
n under-20 athletes, organised by the
Asian Athletics Association
The Asian Athletics Association is the continental governing body for the sport of athletics in Asia. It is headquartered in Singapore. It organises the Asian Championships in Athletics and other continental competitions.
The current president Qa ...
and the Vietnam Athletics Federation. Athletes born between 1997 and 2000 competed in 44 events, divided evenly between the sexes. The competition took place over four days from 3–6 June at
Thống Nhất Stadium
Thống Nhất Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is located at 138 Đào Duy Từ Street, Ward 6, District 10. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium for both Sài Gòn and ...
in
Ho Chi Minh City
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, Vietnam. A total of 45 countries entered athletes into the tournament, eighteen of which reached the medal table. The competition, including its opening and closing ceremonies, was broadcast live on Vietnamese carrier
VTV6
VTV6 was a Vietnamese state-owned television network of Vietnam Television, which launched in 2007. It served the purpose of entertaining the youth in Vietnam.
Although VTV6 was operated by Ban Thanh thiếu niên (''Youth Department''), severa ...
Asian Junior Athletics 2016 to be held in Vietnam Sportskeeda (2016-05-29). Retrieved on 2016-12-28.
Japan topped the medal table with thirteen gold medals among a total of 27, overturning a long period of Chinese dominance. China was a comfortable second, with 22 medals, half of which were gold. India was the next best performing nation and the only other to reach double digits in the medal count, taking seven golds. The hosts Vietnam took two golds and placed seventh in the medals overall. Two championship records were broken, both by Japanese: Junya Sado won the men's javelin throw in and Chika Mukai took the 3000 m steeplechase in 10:21.04 minutes."17th ASIAN JUNIOR ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016 3rd - 6th June, 2016 Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam OFFICIAL RESULT Day One Morning 3rd June" . Athletics Asia. Retrieved on 2016-12-28.
Malaysia's
Khairul Hafiz Jantan
Khairul Hafiz bin Jantan (born 22 July 1998) is a Malaysian sprinter, competing in events ranging from 100 metres to 400 metres. He was the former Malaysian 100 metres outdoor record holder with a time of 10.18 seconds His personal best of 20 ...
was the most successful athlete of the competition, winning three medals: the
100 metres
The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...
gold, and silvers in the
200 metres
The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...
and
4 × 100 metres relay
The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the individu ...
. Yang Chun-han was the only man to take two golds, topping the podium in the latter two events. On the women's side, there were two double gold medallists:
Jisna Mathew
Jisna Mathew (born 7 January 1999) is an Indian sprinter from Kerala.
Career
She represented India at the 2016 Summer Olympics held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
She also won silver medals for 400m in 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games and 2015 Asian ...
led India to a 400 m individual and relay double, while Lili Das scored a middle-distance double. Japan's Haruko Ishizuka took 400 m bronze after winning the hurdles gold and her compatriots Shinichi Yukinaga and
Nanaka Kori
is a Japanese athlete competing in the shot put and discus throw. She represented her country in the discus at the 2019 World Championships in Doha without reaching the final.
Her personal best in the discus of 59.03 metres is the current na ...
also took minor medals in the discus after becoming shot put winners.
The event was held in the month before the global
2016 IAAF World U20 Championships
The 2016 World U20 Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born no earlier than 1 January 1997) which was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland on 19–24 Ju ...
. Several of Asia's medallists at that competition were not present at the regional meet, although Qatar's
Mohamed Ibrahim Moaaz
Moaaz Mohamed Ibrahim (born February 8, 1999) is a Qatari athlete, specializing in the discus throw
The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an ...
became a double
discus throw
The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...
champion and India's
Neeraj Chopra
Neeraj Chopra (born 24 December 1997) is a track and field athlete from India. He is the reigning Olympic champion, silver medalist in the World Championship, and the Diamond League champion in Javelin throw. He is the first Asian athlete to win ...
improved from a silver in Ho Chi Minh to a world under-20 gold with a world junior record throw. The 2016 world under-20 high jump bronze medallist
Mohamat Allamine Hamdi
Hamdi Ali (full name Hamdi Mahamat Alamine Saleh; born 15 April 1997) is a Qatari high jumper. He was the winner of the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in the men's high jump, and he was a bronze medalist at the 2016 World Junior Championships. ...