Much had been expected from the massively built New Zealander and despite having a minor finger injury he lived up to his own and everyone else's expectations when producing the greatest ever series of throws with his World Youth Best Performance coming with his second attempt.

The 16-year-old, already the "record holder" with the 23.86m he produced during his country's down under summer cycle in Hastings last December, insisted after his morning's qualifying round the time had come to smash the 24 metre barrier.

Gill almost immediately achieved that ambition when his big hands sent the five kilogram ball out to 22.89m which bettered the Championship record of 21.56m the USA's Ryan Crouser set in Bressanone two years ago and raised his own 2011 World lead from 21.40m.

But with the crowd roaring him for more of the same, he achieved his ultimate aim when winging his next throw to an ultimate distance of 24.35m, an awesome performance and one which suggests when he moves into the senior ranks he can, like his fellow countrywoman Valerie Adams, become an Olympic champion.

Only time will tell whether he will make the transition but for the moment he remains the most feared shot putter of his generation when becoming only the second athlete - Usain Bolt was the other - to win a World junior title and also at the Youth age level.

"To hear the crowd cheering like that was brilliant, they inspired me," said Gill, who after his gigantic winning effort went on to put 24.03m, 23.54m, 21.99m and finish with another huge 24.02m.

The standing ovation he received from the crowd was a testimony of probably the best day of his life and proof of their appreciation which also encouraged the other competitors.

Tyler Schultz responded to their encouragement when raising his PB from 20.08m to 20.35m in the third round to claim the silver medal while his fellow American Braheme Days grabbed the bronze with his last throw.

He set a lifetime best of 20.14m to thwart Poland's Patryk Ocypa who also had the furthest effort of his life with 20.08m in the opening round.  

Wilson goes second on all-time list with sensational 100m Hurdles victory

Trinity Wilson produced one of the greatest performances in the history of the 100m Hurdles when flying to an exceptional victory ahead of the equally brilliant Noemi Zbaren.

The American who had been overshadowed by Zbaren in the two preliminary rounds saved her best for when it really mattered when defeating her Swiss rival in a thriller.

Wilson, who got the jump on Zbaren coming off the seventh hurdle, immediately accelerated to roar over the line in 13.11 and claim a fully deserved win.

Her time was the second fastest ever by a Youth behind the 13.08 Adrianna Lamalle of France achieved at the inaugural Championships in Bydgoszcz 11 years ago.

 

"Before and during the race, I stayed relaxed. My aim was to focus on my race. I wanted to run fast, very fast. And the result is wonderful," said an ecstatic winner.

Zbaren, who had matched her world lead of 13.31 in the heats, was also rewarded when lowering her Swiss best performance to 13.17 and moving to fourth on the all-time list.

Behind the dominant pair the next three finishers, the USA's bronze medallist Kendell Williams (13.28), Alexandra Burghardt of Germany (13.42) and Chrisdale McCarthy from Jamaica (13.55), all achieved lifetime bests.

Hussong rules javelin with Championship record and world lead

Germany's Christin Hussong, despite her country having produced some of the world's greatest ever javelin throwers, knew it had never won a medal since Olivia Norris's success at the first Championships in 1999.

Hussong added to that success in fantastic fashion when not only gathering the gold medal, she raised the Championship record of 56.82m which China's Juan Xue set in Sherbrooke, Canada, eight years ago.

The 17-year-old who in the qualifying round threw a world lead of 56.76m immediately took charge of the event with an opener of 56.54m and then when the field had been whittled down to the last eight, she improved that to 57.84m, 58.09m and then rounded off a great night's work throwing 59.74m.

"At the first attempt I just wanted to do a good throw to show the other athletes that I was in form," said Hussong. "I didn't expect to beat the Championship record."

Sofi Flinck and Monique Cilione, her rivals from Sweden and Australia, raised their own standards when setting PBs of 54.62m and 52.77m but Hussong now fifth on the all-time list was never going to be caught.

Stein dominates Octathlon with All-time best

Jake Stein, after two days of sweat and toil in conditions which ranged from showers to sunshine and sometimes strong winds, was deservedly crowned Octagon gold medallist and did it in the best possible style.

The 17-year-old Australian posted a score of 6491 points the best ever performance by a Youth and bettered the 6482 tally which won Cuba's Yordani Garcia the 2005 title in Marrakech.

Behind him Fredrick Ekholm of Sweden and Felipe Dos Santos from Brazil took the silver and bronze medals moving into third and fourth places in the 2011 world lists with tallies and PBs of 6127 and 5966pts.

Stein whose marvellous consistency saw him lead the competition from the third of the eight disciplines finished the final two with another brace of solid displays.

Indeed in the first the Javelin Throw Stein was in rampant form when raising his lifetime javelin personal best by over nine metres to 57.56m with his first attempt then with his third and last, to an exceptional 59.65m.

That saw the Aussie put himself with a score of 5756 points into a huge 399 point lead ahead of Ekholm whose throw of 45.31m took his tally to 5357 with third placed Evgeniy Likhanov of Russia with an effort of 49.39m raising his to 5189.

In the final event the 1000m with black clouds shrouding the stadium and rain imminent, he like every other competitor in his group set a PB to round off the action with a time of 2:52.93.

Likhanov was denied third place by 43 points when Dos Santos running a very quick 2:44.38 moved up from seventh position.

 

"It's a fantastic day for me. It's a dream," Stein said. "During the last lap, I saw Frederick in front of me. But I kept my advantage for the final position. I started athletics when I was young. 3 years old I think. Just for fun. That's why I chose the octathlon. It's so funny."

 

Madu and Todd achieve lifetime bests to strike 100 gold

The USA's Jennifer Madu, on the biggest occasion of her fledgling career, got everything right when winning the 100m gold medal in the fastest time of her life of 11.57 (-0.5m/s wind).

Madu, finding a late spurt just five metres from the finish line, edged past both her fellow American Myasia Jacobs and Christania Williams to win a thriller.

Williams of Jamaica had looked the likely champion when establishing an early lead until 80m when she suddenly found herself targeted first by Jacobs then Madu and had to settle for third in 11.63.

The men's race was also very close and much more wide open. Indeed O'Dail Todd a rank outsider with a pre-meet best of just 10.69 surprisingly took the honours.

Todd in lane five in the final dash for the line just out-dipped Japan's world No. 2 Kazuma Oseto to win by 0.01 in a PB 10.51 to follow in the footsteps of fellow Jamaican Dexter Lee the 2007 champion.

There was a massive roar and approval from the crowd when Frenchman Michael-Meba Zeeze claimed the bronze medal with a clocking of 10.57.    

Qing Lin produces personal best to win Long Jump gold

Qing Lin on paper had the best performance of the Long Jump contenders with Ukrainian world leader Vadym Adamchuk deciding to chase glory, albeit unsuccessfully in the Octathlon.

The Chinese proved his mettle when claiming the gold medal with a second round leap of 7.83m which would have been a Championship record but for the windy 7.97m Chris Noffke of Australia achieved six years ago in Marrakech.

Indeed all of the medals were decided in the second round with John Taleus of Sweden taking silver with a wind assisted jump of 7.44m and Italy's Stefano Braga winning the bronze also with a windy 7.42m.

Miller and Gordon look best bets to win girls 400m title

Shaunae Miller, last year's World Junior champion in Moncton, is clearly looking the woman to beat for the 400m title after her confident displays at these Championships.

Miller, after winning her heat untroubled on the opening day, looked truly majestic when striding untroubled around the track again to win her semi final in 52.92.

The 17-year-old Bahamian even had the confidence and time to glance back at her nearest rivals Kendall Baisden of the United States and Romania's Bianca Razor in the final 30 metres as if sending them a message that she was fully in control.

Baisden who ran an eyeballs out race and whose legs were turning to jelly, gained an automatic place in the final when second in 53.32 while Razor for her sharpness in the home stretch went through as a fastest loser in 53.51.

While Miller will be confident of winning Friday night's final, so too will be fellow Caribbean star Chrisann Gordon who is also in brilliant shape.

The Jamaican and current world leader with a time of 51.62 also looked comfortable when circuiting the track in 52.79 the fastest of the semis with runner up Robin Reynolds the reigning Olympic Youth champion behind her in 53.21.

World No. 4 Christian Brennan in another closely fought semi claimed victory by 0.36 with a time of 53.15 ahead of Jamaica's Olivia James. Third placed Ella Rasanen clocking 53.92 went into the final as a fastest loser.

World leader Mouton eliminated in 400 hurdles

South African Christiaan Mouton couldn't believe it when his world fell apart and he failed to qualify for the 400m Hurdles final on Saturday.

Mouton the world No. 1, unbelievably drifted back to sixth place in his semi final where his time of 52.54 was well shy of the 51.24 which made him the fastest man competing at the Championships.

But his demise came on a day with places were up for grabs in the final, there were plenty of personal bests achieved including seven by competitors who will now challenge for the gold medal.

The fastest came from Egor Kuznetsov winner of the third semi in 51.31 while Mouton's teammate Constant Pretorius also took his race in a best ever 51.57 with Takahiro Matsumoto doing likewise in the first qualifier clocking 52.20.

David Martin for the IAAF