July 12, 2012
Historic Gold!
BARCELONA, Spain — Jamaica’s Fredrick Dacres (centre) puts his arms around his rivals — Poland’s Wojciech Praczk (left) and South Africa’s Gerard de Beer — after collecting the gold medal for his historic victory in the men’s discus event at the 14th IAAF World Junior Championships at the Montjuic Olympic Stadium here yesterday. Dacres threw a personal best 62.80 metres to better Praczk’s 62.75m and de Beer’s 61.57. See related story in Sport. (Photo: Paul Reid)