follows his Commonwealth Games gold medal just over a week ago<\/a> in the 10km race walk in Glasgow.<\/p>\nVictory in Oregon means he now has the prestigious world U20 championships and Commonwealth Games gold-medal double.<\/p>\n
\u200bBeacroft also broke the world record in Oregon at the famous Hayward Field, his time of 18:40.37 smashing more than seven seconds off the previous mark.<\/p>\n
“I’m over the moon, I couldn’t be happier,” the Australian said after his stunning victory on Saturday (local time).<\/p>\n
“I knew coming in it was going to be so hard. It definitely was pretty hard, so I’m just so happy to get it done.<\/p>\n
“It’s a massive relief. I felt a fair bit of pressure going into this one, you are a Commonwealth champion, [people think] surely it’s a walk in the park to do juniors.<\/p>\n
“It’s definitely not. I have raced each race to its merits, I don’t know what is harder.<\/p>\n
“I’m stoked to have won both, that’s all I can say on that.”<\/p>\n
Beacroft’s world-record time meant he beat silver medallist Huajia Pu by more than three seconds, the Chinese athlete clocking 18:43.70.<\/p>\n
Third place went to Italy’s Nicolo’ Vidal, more than 12 seconds behind in a time of 18:56.19.<\/p>\n
Despite the impressive nature of his victory, Beacroft said it was difficult to come straight from Glasgow to Oregon.<\/p>\n
“I had a day or two after my race to try and freshen up,” he said.<\/p>\n
“I didn’t really freshen up there, I went out with the Commonwealth Games boys and girls.<\/p>\n
“I didn’t go too hard on the partying, but there was some definitely done, then it was pretty rough to travel here.<\/p>\n
“There was a delay with the plane, but I think getting here and getting around the whole team has given me a real lift.”<\/p>\n
In another impressive result, the Australian team of Thewbelle Philp, Zara Hagan, Grace Crowe and Emilia Reed won their heat of the women’s 4x100m sprint.<\/p>\n
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