World silver medallist Pedro Pablo Pichardo leapt to 17.71m in the triple jump to produce the highest note of the Cuban Championships, held on 18-20 March at Havana s Estadio Panamericano.

Egypt s Mostafa Al-Gamel added 66cm to the African hammer record on Friday (21), throwing a world-leading 81.29m.

A month to the day after promising an Australian record at the Melbourne IAAF World Challenge meeting, Kim Mickle delivered on Saturday (22).

The IAAF was the key international federation partner at SportsPro Live, a conference hosted for the first time by SportsPro magazine on 13 March with the aim to examine sport s global future over the next decade.

Three 2013 IAAF World Championships gold medallists competed in the Sydney Track Classic; David Oliver, Eunice Sum and LaShawn Merritt all won, and each of them impressively on Saturday (15).

Zambia s first lady Dr Christine Kaseba Sata, the wife of Zambian president Michael Sata, was the guest of honour at the launch of the IAAF / Nestl Kids Athletics programme in Zambia on Friday (14).