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Perez bags first gold at World Jr Athletics
SEOUL. Sept 16: Jefferson Perez of Ecuador captured the first gold me dal of the 4 th World Junior Ath lelk Championships Wedne •day. winning the 10,000 meter walk by eight seconds reports AP
Perez, bronze medalist in the 1990 Junior athletic championships in Bulgaria, covered the distance In 40 minutes, 42.66 seconds.
Polish twins Jacek and Grzegorz Muller finished sec ond and third with times of 40:50 82 and 41:12.28
The lO.OOOmeter walk was the only gold medal final on Wednesday, first day of the championships, sponsored by the International Amateur Athletics Federation
Meanwhile, Germany, which has dominated world Junior sports in the past three years, expects to drop to third In the Seoul championships, an official said.
Germany is expected to fin Ish behind teams from the United States and the Commonwealth of Indepe ndent States, the former Soviet Union, said Georg Wleczlsk, honorary president of the German Athletic Fede ration
The games, organized by the International Amateur Athletic Federation, are seen as a test for competitors alm Ing for the 1996 Summer Olympics tn Atlanta
Competing In the five-day championships, which end Sunday, are 1.002 athletes from 99 countries. The com pet 1 tors, aged 16 to 19, include at least one Olympic medalist — Australian high Jumper Tim Forsyth — who won a bronze at Barcelona last month
Wleczlsk said German ath ietes. especially those from the former East Germany, could not train enough because of fi nancial and other problems that resulted from Germany s unification Coaches from the former East Germany dwln died In number from 300 to 30. he added
“We tn Germany are strug-gllng to find our own way after the unification.' he said "We must change a lot the struc ture of our sports '
Germany fields the largest delegation with 77 athletes, followed by 60 from the Commonwealth of Independent States and 55 from the United States.
Wleczlsk said that of the 4 I gold medals at stake, Germany hopes to win five or six to place third
US officials said their team alms to win 10 gold medals In the championships
Most of the first day events Wednesday were qualifying heats