Eleven champions were crowned on the fourth day of competition at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships on Saturday in Eugene as Team USA’s Tate Taylor and Mia Maxwell both cashed in again and grabbed double gold during a packed schedule of events.
Taylor and Maxwell already won their respective 100m titles on Friday and put themselves in position for more on day four of action at Hayward Stadium.
In the men’s 200m, Taylor bolted to a 19.83 championship record over teammate Blake Hamilton who took silver in 20.31 and Barbados’ Jayden Green who took bronze in 20.55.
“All glory to God, just knowing that coming here with this guy was going to be something special, we felt it all throughout the week,” Taylor said, who has a chance at his third gold on Sunday in them men’s 4x100m relay for Team USA. “It means a lot. I am super proud of myself and this team and the guy next to me (Blake Hamilton) and team USA. I am not planning on running the Ultimate Championships. I am going to concentrate on college.”
Maxwell grabbed her second gold with a 22.37 victory in the women’s 200m, edging past Jamaica’s Shanoya Douglas’ 22.68 and her sister Mariah’s 22.77.
“It was just amazing, I was trying to execute and have fun,” Maxwell said. It has been a really long weekend and a really long year overall so I really wanted to come out here and trust in God’s plan. It was special seeing my mom crying, and my family supporting us every step of the way I love seeing the endless support they give us.”
Ethiopia’s Yordanos Tsigab surged to an 8:43.65 win in the women’s 3,000m as she kicked ahead of teammate Shito Gumi who finished second in 8:45.06 and Uganda’s Charity Cherop who took bronze in 8:45.59.
In the men’s 100m hurdles, Team USA’s Le’Ezra Brown equaled the world U20 men’s 110m record a 12.72 over Japan’s Jeremy Koga (12.97) and Brown’s teammate Zacchaeus Brocks who took third. (12.98)
“It is crazy, I felt it in my warm up,” Brown said. “I did one acceleration and my coach told me I was ready. I was running good and I just knew it was going to happen. It is big, we have been talking about this for sometime. My coaches and my mom came to support, my mom had some tears but I did it for them.”
Madeline Cooper soared to a 12.91 U20 world lead in the women’s 100m hurdles for Team USA in a performance where she dominated over South Africa’s Tumi Ramokgopa (12.96) and Jamaica’s Tiana Marshall (12.97).
“I just went out there to have fun,” Cooper said. “In the rounds I was tired and getting beat but now in the final I believed in myself my coaches and my abilities and I became a dog and ran hard. It feels amazing because we have so many amazing hurdlers on this USA team so getting to be apart of that is crazy.”
Morocco’s Imad Bouchajda took the men’s 800m title in 1:44.64 over Australia’s Daniel Williams (1:45.36) and Spain’s Alejandro Rios (1:46.25) while Slovenia’s Živa Remic won the women’s 800m in 2:03.03 in a close victory over Greece’s Ioulianna Roussou (2:03.08) and Great Britain’s Shaikira King (2:03.52).
In the men’s long jump, Italy’s Daniele Inzoli leaped to 7.97m win Australia’s in his second attempt while Mason McGroder took silver in 7.96m and India’s Shahnavaz Khan got bronze with a 7.84m.
Czech Republic’s Nicole Krutilová won gold in the women’s pole vault in 4.40m over Ukraine’s Olga Belchenko (4.45m) and Team USA’s Kylie Neira (4.35m) as Algeria’s Younes Ayachi grabbed the high jump title in 2.21m on attempts past India’s Basant Kumar Meghwal (2.21m) and Great Britain’s Otis Poole (2.21m) while Italy stormed to a 41.21 win in the 4x100m over Great Britain (41.38) and Team USA (41.39).
