The first gold medals of the 2013 IAAF World Youth Championships in Donetsk, Ukraine, will be decided in the boys’ Shot on the evening of 10 July, while the morning session of day one will be buzzing with action both on the track and on the in-field. The US team often take away a bagful of gold medals from the World Youth Championships, but the boys’ Pole Vault is one event they are yet to conquer. Devin King has this year vaulted 5.26m – a height that would have been good enough to win any of the past editions of the World Youths – but Britain’s Harry Coppell is just six centimetres behind on season’s bests.Despite being the second-youngest entrant in the Pole Vault, 15-year-old Robeilys Peinado is favourite to take gold after breaking the Venezuelan senior record in May with 4.35m. Coincidentally, Venezuela’s only other medal in the history of the World Youth Championships has been in this same event, with Keisa Monterola taking silver in 2005. more
