Israel's Yonatan Kapitolnik, 18, on Saturday won the gold medal in the high-jump event at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships.

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This year's competition is being held in Nairobi, Kenya.

Kapitolnik jumped to a height of 2.19 meters (7.185 feet) in his first attempt, an impressive result that remained unequaled.

This is the second-ever time that an Israeli has won a medal at the World Championships in the Under-20 category. In 2006, high jumper Nicki Palli took home silver from Bejing.

This achievement for Israeli athletics comes on the heels of a strong performance at the Olympic Games in Tokyo that included two gold medals.

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Chemtai-Salpeter's Tokyo time makes her the sixth-fastest female marathoner of all time.

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Following the race, the champion said she was "very pleased" with her result.

"My preparation allowed me to improve my personal best. I fell that today's result is a return for all the hard work of the last few months. Unfortunately, in my last two marathons, I wasn't able to express myself on the day of the race, but today the conditions here in Tokyo were perfect," she said.

In September 2019, Chemtai-Salpeter set a new European women's record for the 10K distance, running the Tilburg Ten Miles race in 30:04, 17 seconds faster than the previous record, which legendary British runner Paula Radcliffe set in 2003. The 30:04 also became a new Israeli women's record for the distance.

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Chemtai-Salpeter's result of 30:04 also became a new Israeli women's record for the distance, as well as a course record for the Tilburg Ten Miles race.

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"I'm pleased with today's result. I'm not surprised, because training has been going well. This race today was part of my training program for the Marathon World Championships in Doha [Qatar]," Chemtai-Salpeter said after the race.

"This time was confirmation that if you train properly and prepare a training plan professionally, including proper diet, injury prevention, and more, you can become a professional athlete. I'm happy that I broke the European record, and I'm heading in the right direction," Chemtai-Salpeter said.

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