Purity Rionoripo became the third successive Kenyan winner of the World Youth Championships 3,000 metres title.
Rionoripo fully deserved the victory in Bressanone after leading the other three main contenders - team-mate Jackline Chepngeno and the Ethiopian duo of Genet Yalew and Emebet Anteneh - through the first two kilometres.
At the bell, Anteneh decided to make a long run for the line but went too early and Rionoripo then made what proved to be a winning break to pull clear and win in nine minutes 03.79 seconds.
Chepngeno took silver ahead of Yalew in third.
Germany's Lena Urbaniak won the shot put title with a solid series of throws ahead of Margaret Satupai of Samoa and China's Yangzi Dong.
Syria's Hamid Manssour won the hammer after a huge throw of 64.20m in the final round.
Manssour, who took the lead in the fifth round, finished ahead of American Ryan Crouser with Jamaica's Travis Smikle claiming bronze after a personal best of 61.22m.
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