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.
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.
Sheila Chepkirui
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Sheila Chepkirui Kiprotich is a Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner who competed at first in the 1500 metres and 5000 metres. She won the 2024 New York City Marathon and the bronze medal in the 10
2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics
…Aymée Martínez Cuba 52.04 PB 800 m Teresa Flavious Kwamboka Kenya 2:07.42 Winny Chebet Kenya 2:08.15 Katherine Katsanevakis Australia 2:08.35 1500 m Sheila Kiprotich Chepkirui Kenya 4:12.29 CR Yuriko Kobayashi Japan 4:13.96 PB Bizunesh Mohammed Urgesa Ethiopia 4:19.34 PB 3000 m Veronica Wanjiru Nyaruai Kenya 9:01.61 CR Pauline…
Chepkirui at the 2024 London Marathon