Ashton Eaton Selects Five Protegés From World Youth Championships

Decathlon World Record holder and Olympic champion Ashton Eaton selected the five most promising athletes from the 9th IAAF World Youth Championships for an all-expenses-paid, three-day training camp in Eugene, Ore.

The training camp will take place in March of 2016. Eaton's protegés will remain in the state of Oregon as invited guests to the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Portland. The athletes, who hail from five different IAAF regions, will be followed on the road to the IAAF World Junior Championships next summer in Kazan, Russia and then on into their senior careers.

As if winning a medal at the world championships wasn't enough!

Scroll through the slideshow to see who earned this unique opportunity.