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Barcelona, Spain, 7/13/12 click here for complete results Men's 400 mH Final 1. Eric Futch (U.S.A.) - 50.24 - PB / WJL 2. Takahiro Matsumoto (Japan) - 50.41 - PB 3. Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh (Saudi Arabia) - 50.47 - PB 4. Javarn Gallimore (Jamaica) - 50.49 5. Felix Franz (Germany) - 50.80 6. Oskari Moro (Finland) - 50.80 - PB 7. Timofey Chalyy (Russia) - 51.17 8. Mitja Lindic (Slovenia) - 51.26 Men's 10000 m Race Walk Final 1. Eider Arevalo (Colombia) - 40:09.74 - WJL 2. Aleksandr Ivanov (Russia) - 40:12.90 - PB 3. Guanyu Su (China) - 40:16.87 - PB 4. Takumi Saito (Japan) - 40:19.10 - NJR ----- 9. Yosuke Kimura (Japan) - 41:41.52 - PB Men's 4x100 m Relay Heat One 1. Japan - 39.01 - Q -  WJL 2. Brazil - 39.39 - Q  - AJR 3. Poland - 39.31 - q  - NJR 4. Australia - 39.34 - q  - AJR Women's 1500 m Heat Three 1. Nancy Chepkwemoi (Kenya) - 4:13.43 - Q 2. Alem Embaye (Ethiopia) - 4:14.03 - Q 3. Jennifer Walsh (Great Britain) - 4:16.08 - Q 4....

Barcelona, Spain, 7/12/12 click here for complete results Men's 110 mH Final 1. Yordan O'Farrill (Cuba) - 13.18 - MR 2. Nicholas Hough (Australia) - 13.27 - AJR 3. Wilhem Belocian (France) - 13.29 - NJR 4. James Gladman (Great Britain) - 13.37 5. Jussi Kanervo (Finland) - 13.62 6. Dondre Echols (U.S.A.) - 13.71 7. Shinya Tanaka (Japan) - 13.72 8. Pengfei Chu (China) - 13.77 Men's 400 mH Semifinal One 1. Felix Franz (Germany) - 50.66 - Q 2. Takahiro Matsumoto (Japan) - 50.76 - Q  - PB 3. Oskari Moro (Finland) - 50.89 - q 4. Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh (Saudi Arabia) - 51.11 - q Men's 400 mH Semifinal Three 1. Eric Futch (U.S.A.) - 50.77 - Q 2. Mitja Lindic (Slovenia) - 50.81 - Q  - PB 3. Shota Madokoro (Japan) - 51.15 Men's 200 m Semifinal Two 1. Karol Zalewski (Poland) - 20.93 - Q  - PB 2. Delano Williams (Tajikistan) - 20.94 - Q 3. Aska Cambridge (Japan) - 21.24 Men's 200 m Semifinal Three 1. David Bolarinwa (Great Britain) - 20.85 - Q ...

Barcelona, Spain, 7/11/12 click here for complete results Women's 5000 m 1. Buze Diriba (Ethiopia) - 15:32.94 2. Ruit Aga (Ethiopia) - 15:32.95 - PB 3. Agnes Jebet Tirop (Kenya) - 15:36.74 - PB 4. Cayla Hatton (U.S.A.) - 15:50.32 - PB 5. Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui (Kenya) - 15:58.10 ----- 11. Shiori Yano (Japan) - 16:21.29 12. Moe Kyuma (Japan) - 16:21.36 Women's 10000 m Walk 1. Ekaterina Medvedeva (Russia) - 45:41.74 2. Nadezhda Leontyeva (Russia) - 45:43.64 - PB 3. Sandra Arenas (Colombia) - 45:44.46 4. Liudmyla Olianovska (Ukraine) - 45:53.50 - PB 5. Yanxue Mao (China) - 46:10.60 - PB ----- 8. Nozomi Yagi (Japan) - 47:04.92 - PB 23. Sae Matsumoto (Japan) - 49:56.66 Men's 400 mH Heat Four 1. Takahiro Matsumoto (Japan) - 51.26 - Q 2. Javarn Gallimore (Jamaica) - 51.40 - Q 3. William Mbevi Mutunga (Kenya) - 52.44 - Q Men's 400 mH Heat Six 1. Shota Madokoro (Japan) - 51.67 - Q 2. Gamal Abdelnasir Abubaker (Qatar) - 51.93 - Q 3. Jose Fernan...

by Brett Larner Japan picked up its second medal of the 2011 IAAF World Youth Championships July 9 in Lille France, when hurdler Takahiro Matsumoto  ran a PB of 51.26 to win bronze in the boys' 400 mH.  Teammate Aya Takizawa  came close to equalling Matsumoto in the girls' 400 mH, where she ran a PB of 58.80 to finish 4th. In the sprints, Akiyuki Hashimoto  advanced to the boys' 200 m final with a 21.20 for 2nd in his semi, while the Japanese boys' sprint medley team won their heat easily to advance to the final where they should be in contention for a medal.   Masumi   Aoki ran a PB of 24.64 in the girls' 200 m but finished only 6th and did not advance. In other strong performances on the second-to-last day of competition, Shiho Takeda  ran a PB of 4:20.62 to finish 8th in the girls' 1500 m and Ryo Miyata  threw a PB of 63.29 in the boys' javelin semifinal but did not advance after finishing only 13th in his group. 2011 World Youth Champi...