Maurice Wilson ( left )

Jamaica's head coach to the 11th IAAF World Junior Championships in Beijing, , is pleased with his team's performance.

Battling from the start against injuries, the Jamaica team ended the six-day championships in sixth position with two gold, one silver and six bronze medals.

"Great performance by the athletes, great performance by the management team, the coaching staff," was how Wilson described the work put in over the last few weeks.

At the last championships in Grosseto, Italy, Jamaica bagged nine medals, five of which were bronze.

"Last time we got nine, but not of this type and quality," Wilson pointed out.

"We are sixth in the placing and fifth overall in terns of medals won, so it's a great performance," he continued.

Wilson, who is the girls' coach at Holmwood, said as a small country with 2.5 million people Jamaica could feel very proud.

"When you look at countries like Brazil with 180 million people, Italy 60 million and France 60 million and we are higher than them in the medal standing, it shows that this type of performance is extremely good," Wilson said.

Medal standing

Tabulate under: Rank, Country, Gold, Silver, Bronze, Total.

1.	Kenya	6	6	3	15
2.	China	5	5	7	17
3.	USA	4	5	2	11
4.	Russia	4	3	3	10
5.	Estonia	4	0	0	4
6.	Jamaica	2	1	5	8
7.	Ethiopia	2	1	1	4
8.	Australia	2	0	1	3
9.	Bulgaria	2	0	0	2
9.	Trinidad	2	0	0	2
11.	Germany	1	2	2	5
12.	France	1	2	0	3

- Anthony Foster