Su Yixin Hurled the Disc to a Golden touch in Eugene
EUGENE, USA - 6 Aug 2026:
Su Yixin tasted her major global victory as the discus thrower from China's Sichuan province hurled the disc to a world junior lead of 61.06 metres to pocket the gold on the second day of the 21st World U20 Athletics Championships.
Weighing 194 Lbs, the 6-foot-tall thrower led the qualifiers on Thursday with a mark of 58.06m to reveal her medal ambition in Eugene. The Hayward Field witnessed an early lead of 59.32m in her opening round of Friday's final, which was sufficient for her to earn the top spot. A massive personal best (61.06m) came on her last effort of the day, stamping her class among the participants. However, her teammate Ma Chenyi disappointed in the final by finishing fourth with a throw of 54.58m. Earlier, she was second to Yixin in the qualifiers with a 57.72m effort.
US woman Jaslene Massey (58.41m) and Cyprus girl Marina Hadjicosta (54.88m) filled the other two places on the podium. India's Asian junior champion, Amanat Kamboj, finished sixth.
Asian athletes missed the podium in the other finals held on the second day. Malaysian sprinter Muhammad Roslee in the 100m (10.44 secs) and Chinese shot putter He Yuxiao (15.92m) finished seventh while long jumper Guo Siyang (6.03m) finished eighth in their respective events.
The American sprinters dominated the scene with Tate Taylor (9.94 secs) and Mia Maxwell (11.14s) taking away the 100m golds just ahead of the Jamaicans Gary Card and Shanoya Douglas in the men's and women's sections, respectively.
Reigning Asian junior champion Mariam Kareem led the qualifiers in the women's 400m hurdles semifinals. Japan's Taiju Goto, who clocked a World U18 best of 48.09 secs this June, easily through to the semis in the men's heats.
Elsewhere, the Indian quartermiler Mohammed Ashfaq qualified for the men's 400m final after improving his national U20 record to 45.81 secs in the heats. Japanese middle distance runners Miori Kida and Sherry Drury qualified for the women's 1500m final.
Ram. Murali Krishnan
for Asian Athletics
Note: The enclosed picture of Su Yuxin was taken from the Instagram account of FloTrack.
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