Yulimar Rojas, photo by PhotoRun.net
MONACO (MON): Among Rising Star Award finalists are two World champions from London. Norway´s Karsten Warholm (400 m Hurdles) and Venezuela´s Yulimar Rojas (triple jump). The other two women are silver medalists Yulia Levchenko in high jump and Salwa Eid Naser in the 400 m. Also US Christian Coleman won a silver in London in the 100 m and another one in 4×100 m. Third male is pole vault super talent Armand Duplantis who at age of 17 cleared World U20 record 590 and was 9th in London among seniors.