00:01They've just about got the javelins off the track and out the way. What a night it's been.
00:11One last installment of drama. It'll take about 45 seconds, probably 44 points.
00:22Glemenich, national record yesterday. The French absolutely love him. European under 18 and under 20 medalist.
00:31Kajan Romycin, has he realized that his compatriot has just scorched to the javelin title?
00:40Jadon de Leon, he is joint fifth on the all-time list in this age group.
00:49Kokomoa, he said he's come here for one thing and one thing only, the gold.
00:54The South Africans avoid after Heymans. Quincy Wilson, the third best under 20 the world has ever seen.
01:02Is he coming back to his best? He was the quickest qualifier.
01:07Kokomoa was second, de Leon was third. Is that the order in which they finish?
01:11The Americans expect from their medalist from two years ago at the Olympics.
01:16Maliki Austin, the South American junior record holder. He's a sub 45 man and might need to be again.
01:24Godfrey Opoku, he ran so well for Garner in the semis. Could he rise to the occasion?
01:32Ashvac had to break his national junior record to qualify.
01:39Yes, we can see you, but all eyes are on your compatriot.
01:43And Zeon Davies, really popular Bahamian on the inside.
01:51The three quickest men are in five, six and seven.
01:57Don't rule out Austin. Don't rule out Austin. He too has broken 45 seconds.
02:03How fast are they going to have to run to win this title?
02:08Kokomoa believes it is going to be a third successive goal for South Africa after Pille and Ocon winning the
02:16last two.
02:16Wilson wants to become the first US champion since 2012.
02:21The final of the men's 400 meters.
02:24The favorites in lanes five, six and seven.
02:28It's been a wonderful night of athletics.
02:31Is there one more twist of drama in the world's truly global sport?
02:3745 seconds separates one of these young men from a moment of history.
02:46The crowd roar them on.
02:49What a racing prospect.
02:52Romerjin has gone out hard.
02:54It's pretty even between the three specialists.
02:56There's Wilson trying to close the gap on Kokomoa.
03:01De Leon has gone out hard.
03:03He's got an advantage at the moment.
03:06Can he hold on?
03:07He beat Wilson to the national title, but Wilson's coming through.
03:12And he's dragging Kokomoa with him.
03:15The big three are delivering a big finish.
03:18Kokomoa has got the beating of Wilson.
03:21He's ahead, but can he stay there?
03:23Wilson's closing. De Leon's closing.
03:25What a race.
03:27What a finish.
03:28It's De Leon from Wilson and Kokomoa.
03:3144.48.
03:34It's a new championship record.
03:38The questions were asked.
03:40It was oh so tough.
03:43Kokomoa thought he was making it a hat trick for South Africa.
03:46He's absolutely stunned.
03:50He's run a brilliant race inside 45 seconds.
03:54All three of them below that iconic mark.
03:57But somehow De Leon found the extra gear at the crucial time.
04:02And it is he and not his Olympic champion teammate who tastes gold for the United States.
04:10Great race.
04:11Great race.
04:11Great call, Rob.
04:12He put it on the line in the first 200 meters.
04:16Kokomoa absolutely slingshot off the bend as we've seen him do.
04:21And he looked all over a winner, Rosie.
04:23He looked all over a winner at the top of the straight.
04:25And then it looked like it would be Wilson.
04:27But De Leon rallied.
04:29He went from first to third and back to first.
04:32That takes something remarkable.
04:34It really does.
04:35The mental resilience to just keep going.
04:39And by the time he came through there, he was really, really motoring.
04:43You could tell all the momentum was with De Leon.
04:46Being on the outside as well, he would have perhaps a slightly, a slight surprise advantage, maybe.
04:52But, wow, brilliant, brilliant running from De Leon.
04:55It was a wonderful race to watch.
04:58And, Bruce, I don't think Kokomoa should go home with his head bowed.
05:02Oh, no.
05:02He did everything to try and win that race.
05:06He didn't get it wrong.
05:08De Leon was just magnificent and found something from nowhere.
05:12100% right.
05:14Kokomoa ran exactly the race he had to run.
05:17It's what he's done through the heat and the semifinal.
05:20He's used the bend as a slingshot into the straight.
05:25He looked all over a winner.
05:27He was beaten by two better men on the night.
05:30He's given it all.
05:31It's a personal best for De Leon.
05:33Even more importantly, it's a championship best.
05:36Wilson's coming back, Rob.
05:38Wilson's coming back.
05:39He's not where he was as a 17-year-old when he ran 44-1.
05:42But he is coming back.
05:44He's coming back strong.
05:46And America, well, they've got so many great 400-meter runners
05:50and they've got two here that are going to be around for a long, long time.
05:53It was a fabulous final.
05:56Kokomoa was prepared to sit back, Rosie, until that turn.
06:02And here, he looks all over the winner.
06:04And it looks like Wilson, maybe.
06:06And then it was De Leon.
06:08Yeah, like you say, Bruce, he ran the race almost perfectly.
06:12He couldn't have done any more.
06:13The others just managed to dig so, so deep and find something
06:17I don't think even they knew they had.
06:20Kokomoa, I hope he can look back and be really, really pleased with him.
06:22with this race because he did execute it so well.
06:25He held on and he pushed on at the right moment.
06:28Not only a championship record in the 40-year history
06:32of the World Under-20 Championship.
06:33It's the first time all three medalists have broken 45 seconds.
06:38You cannot ask any more than that.
06:40It was a quarter mile of the ages.
06:43Well, Wilson must have won every one but one before tonight.
06:47The record was 44-58.
06:49That's how good it was.
06:50It was a race for the ages.
06:52He was...
06:53Gee, doesn't he wear his heart on his sleeve, Kokomoa?
06:55You could see his face in the last 20 metres.
06:58The brain was kicking in.
06:59He knew what was happening.
07:01He was so brave.
07:03Leanne, Eiffel, you're going to say it.
07:03We've just got a chance to play out of the...
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