TALLINN - Young Estonian athletes have so far bagged four gold medals at the World Junior Athletics Championship, being held in Beijing.
Margus Hunt, who earlier won the discus event by a wide margin, achieved a similar feat in shot put on August 21.
Hunt's result in the fifth round of shot put was 20.53 meters, the world's best result during this season among juniors.
The silver medal went to Mostafa Abdul El-Moaty of Egypt (20.14) and the bronze medal to Guo Yanxiang of China (19.17).
Hunt's personal best before Saturday's competition was 19.56.
His first gold medal in discuss set a new world record with a result of 67.32 meters.
Earlier in the competition, Estonian Kaire Leibak won gold with a new Estonian record of 14.43 in women's triple jump. The silver medal went to Li Sha of China and bronze to Liliya Kulik of Ukraine.
