Monday A.M. Summaries from the 2014 Youth Olympics
2014 Youth Olympic Games – Day 6 – Morning
Photos by Joy Kamani (top to bottom): 1) Chinne Okoronkwo of Team USA in the triple jump; 2) Emma Fitzgerald in girls' javelin (from qualifying).
Girls 1500m
Kokeb Tesfaye Alemu (Ethiopia), coming into the meet 6 seconds better than anyone else, won with relative ease, clocking 4:15.98. Winfred Mbithe (Kenya) was second in 4:17.91 and finishing third with a late charge, was Dalila Gosa of Burundi, running a PB 4:18.36.
Girls Triple Jump “A” Final
World #2-ranked Yanis Esmeralda David (France) took the lead in round 3 with a jump of 43-3, overtaking Tay-Leiha Clark (Australia) who took the lead in round 2, jumping 42-10.25. It was yet another PB for Clark who, prior to Friday, had a PB of 41-8. David improved to a PR 43-8.75 in the final round and Clark did not improve. They would finish first and second. Eszter Bajnok of Hungary also cleared 13 meters for the first time, jumping 42-8.25, good enough for 3rd.
Girls Triple Jump “B” Final
Nhaylia Renteria Cuesta (Colombia) was the prohibitive favorite here, jumping 40-4 in the second round. That would hold up for the win. 
Chinne Okoronkwo (Mountlake Terrace, WA), though suffering slightly from a sore back, had a good series of jumps, including 40-0.75, good enough for second place.
Girls Javelin “B” Final
Emma Fitzgerald (Thayer Academy, Braintree, MA) had a decent throw in the first round of 142-6, but could not better that in successive rounds, fouling twice. She finished 5th overall. The winner was Atina Kamasi of Serbia at 162-10. Brittni Wolczyk of Canada, who Emma had beaten in the area trials in Miramar, FL in April, finished second with a PB 160-3.
Boys 400m Hurdles
World leader Zhihang Xu of China outleaned Tunisia’s Mohamed Jlassi as both ran 50.61, a PB for both and now co-world leaders. Jlassi’s foot was actually across the finish line but Xu outleaned him to get the victory. Victor Coroller (France) also achieved a personal best, running 51.19.
