2006 World Junior (Under 20 born 1987 or later)
World Championships
Beijing, China - August 15-20
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Men's Triple Jump
The combined Cuban/Russian squads, which make up a majority of a 2005/2006
World Junior Top Ten Best Marks listing for the event, will supply a
strong group here. Hector Fuentes (Cuba) was the World Youth Champ last
summer at 16.63 (54-06.75), with country mates Rene Mola 16.49 (54-01.25),
Yordanis Duranona 16.30 (53-04.75), and Elicer Martinez 16.23 (53-03)
very talented! Ilya Yefremov leads the Russian charge, as the second
place finisher in the 2005 World Youth competition 16.45 (53-11.75)
has Dmitriy Nikonov 16.43 (53-11), and Sanislav Ionov 16.23 (53-03)
as possible team members. Hugo Chila (Eucador) is the 2005 South American
Junior Champ with a best of 16.55 (54-04.75) from this June. China will
be in the medal hunt here, with Zhong Minwei, the 2006 National Junior
Champ at 16.34 (53-7.5) and runner-up Dong Bin 16.22 (53-02.75) excited
in front of the home folks.
Benjamin Compaore (France) was fifth in last year's European Junior
Championships with a 16.34 (53-07.5) best from 2006, with Zhivko Petkov
(Bulgaria) 16.23 (53-03) last year on the way to a silver medal in the
World Youth Championships and silver in the European Junior contest.
Sherif El-Sherif (Ukraine) was fifth in the 2005 World Youth meet with
a 16.30 (53-05.75) personal best from this June.
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