Ethiopia has produced many great distance runners over the years and Dinknesh Mekash could very well join the higher echelon.

Ethiopia expects much from her heroes and heroines and Meseret Defar did not disappoint her nation crossing the 5000m finish line in a time of 14:50.19 on Saturday night.

The IAAF Council presided over by President Diack met for a second occasion in Moscow.

Australia s defending champion Sally Pearson, who took silver behind Brianna Rollins, admitted that she had allowed herself to hope for gold despite having a season that only really started in June following hamstring injuries.

Maria Savinova, Russia s Olympic gold medallist and defending World 800m champion, was in peak form, ready to win another home gold in front of a crowd which included many of her family and friends.

Zurich s Weltklasse on 29 August the first of two finals in the 2013 IAAF Diamond League will be an exciting showdown after the recently concluded IAAF World Championships.