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Kenya's Chebet is among a host of athletes to have won world U20 title and also conquered the globe at the Paris Olympic Games
The World U20 Championships are always considered nurturing grounds for talents in the hope that they will continue replicating their rise with more success at senior levels.
While this is not always the case, the 2024 Paris Olympics witnessed high-profile wins for athletes that were glorious in the U20 championships previously.
The world U20 championships are for athletes who are between 16 and 19 years old as of December 31. Pulse Sports takes a look at past U20 winners that silenced doubters after cruising to the podium in the French capital with their gold-medal winning exploits.
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Emmanuel Wanyonyi - he went from rising star to Olympic champion. The now 20-year-old burst onto the international scene when he ran 1:43.76 to claim victory at the 2021 world U20 championships in Nairobi, in his 800m specialty. Wanyonyi won the Olympic gold medal in 1:41.19, edging Canada’s Marco Arop by just 0.01, on August 10.
Beatrice Chebet - In June 2018, at the age of 18, Chebet won the Kenyan Under-20 5000m. A month later in Tampere, she became the first Kenyan woman and the first non-Ethiopian since 2006 to win the 5000m title at the world U20 championships in Athletics. Chebet, who is the world record holder in the 10,000m, was a double medalist in Paris in 5000m and 10,000m races, becoming the third woman in history to win both events at the same Olympic games.
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Mondo Duplantis - It was also in Tampere 2018 that the Swedish Pole Vaulter announced himself to the world by claiming gold at 18. Duplantis, 25, has been a dominant force, winning the delayed Tokyo Olympics title and the Paris version to become a two-time Olympic champion.
Canadian hammer thrower Camryn Rogers won gold in the U20 Show in Tampere. This was the springboard for better performance as the 2022 Commonwealth Games champion inked her name into the folklore as an Olympic champion in Paris. Also 25, her Olympic gold medal was the first for a Canadian woman in track and field in 96 years.
Letsile Tebogo, victor in 100m at the 2021 world U20 championships, sprinted in Paris to lay his hands on the 200m gold. He became the first-ever Olympic gold winner for little-known Botswana.
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