2005_World_Youth_Championships_in_Athletics

2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics

2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics

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The 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics were held in Marrakesh, Morocco on July 13–July 17. The host stadium was Stade Sidi Youssef Ben Ali.

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The boy's 400 metres hurdles event was initially won by Sudan's Abdulagadir Idriss in a time of 50.78 seconds,[1] but this was later annulled due to Idriss failing a doping control.[2]

Results

Boys

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  • Abdulagadir Idriss (Sudan) won the 400 metres hurdles final, but was later disqualified for doping.[4][5]

Girls

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Medal table

Harry Aikines-Aryeetey won a sprint double for Great Britain.
Éloyse Lesueur of France won her first major medal, a long jump silver, at these championships.

  *   Host nation (Morocco)

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See also


References

  1. Event Report - Boys' 400 metres Hurdles Final . World Athletics (2005-07-17). Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  2. Doping Rule Violation. World Athletics (2006-08-28). Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  3. Tareq Mubarak Taher of Bahrain originally won the gold medal in 5:23.95, but was disqualified for age cheating. "Taher Tareq Mubaraq (BRN) - Performances Annulled". IAAF.org. 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2007-08-09.
  4. IAAF: Doping Rule Violation - Abdulagadir Idriss, iaaf.org via web.archive.org, 28 August 2006

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