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Tito Odunaike, Moyo Stumpenhusen, Emilia Adese or Harley Henry are all among those who have marked a clear turning point for British youth athletics. Over the space of just two days, athletes from across the United Kingdom delivered a remarkable haul of qualifying standards for the European Under-18 Championships and the World Under-20 Championships, while also setting multiple national age-group records. Most strikingly, these breakthrough performances came not on the track, but in the field events – jumps and throws – disciplines in which Britain has traditionally struggled to assert itself at the highest international level.