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Kenya steals the show

Posted by Mihira Lakshman

As the week progressed, the Kenyan runners seemed to become more and more confident.

At Mount Allison University, where the team was staying for the duration of the IAAF World Junior Track and Field Championships, the lanky Kenyan distance athletes were spotted running around the campus waving their flag.

Coaches key to future success

Posted by Mihira Lakshman

Although Team Canada has already recorded more top 8 finishes than ever before, Canada will still finish the world juniors at the back of the pack in the medal count.

Canada has never won more than more than three medals at an IAAF World Junior Track and Field Championships, and coming into the meet in Moncton, the home team didn't have any athletes ranked in the top three.

Toronto's Brown wins 200m bronze

Posted by Mihira Lakshman

On a day when Canadian athletes seemed to struggle, Toronto's Aaron Brown gave the Moncton fans something to cheer about at the end of Friday night's action, at the IAAF World Junior Track and Field Championships.

Volunteers go extra mile

Posted by Mihira Lakshman

Athletes from the Dominican Republic stranded in the Halifax airport, a racewalker from El Salvador arriving alone with just $17 in her pocket, and dozens of lost suitcases - just a few of the challenges that volunteers at the IAAF World Junior Track and Field Championships in Moncton are trying to handle.

Organizers remedy unfair advantage

Posted by Mihira Lakshman

The 1,500 athletes at the IAAF World Junior Track and Field Championships in Moncton are being housed in two residences - half at the Université de Moncton, and the other group at Mount Allison in Sackville, which is about 30 minutes away.

Canada on pace for record finish

Posted by Mihira Lakshman

Make that two national records in the span of three days for Genevieve Lalonde.

Moncton's Lalonde continued her relentless assault on the Canadian record book, becoming the first junior-age female in North America to break the 10-minute barrier in the 3,000-metre steeplechase, Thursday night at the World Junior Track and Field Championships in Moncton.

Stewart lands on podium

Posted by Mihira Lakshman

A long jumper from London, Ont., has claimed Canada's first medal of the 2010 IAAF World Junior Track and Field Championships -- and it came in dramatic fashion on Wednesday night.

Kenya's Masai distance king, Canada's Ahmed 4th

Posted by Mihira Lakshman

Kenya's Dennis Chepkongin Masai was in a class of his own in the 10,000-metre final at the IAAF World Junior Track and Field Championships in Moncton, on Tuesday night.

Getting the most out of Moncton

Posted by Mihira Lakshman

Former Olympian and 1999 Pan-Am Games steeplechase champion Joël Bourgeois knows a thing or two about training facilities.

Moncton's Lalonde thrills crowd at world track meet

Posted by Mihira Lakshman

Moncton's Genevieve Lalonde set a new Canadian junior record in the women's 3,000-metre steeplechase on Tuesday morning.

Lalonde ran 10:03.88, finishing second in her heat, just behind Ethiopia's Bertukan Adama's 10:01.46.

Home track advantage

Posted by Mihira Lakshman

Having the 2010 World Junior Track and Field Championships on homesoil means a lot to 3,000-metre runner Caroline Pfister of Sherbrooke, Que.

Best foot forward

Posted by Mihira Lakshman

Organizers of the World Junior Track and Field Championships in Moncton are pulling out all stops to ensure they put their best foot forward.

Juniors ready to hit stride in Moncton

Posted by Mihira Lakshman

Sixty of Canada's best athletes will put their skills to the ultimate test July 19 to 25 in Moncton, at the IAAF World Junior Track and Field Championships.