At Friday s pre-event press conference for the Ottawa 10km, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, Kenya s Gladys Cherono admitted she was now considering herself a marathoner having run 2:20:03 and finishing second in Dubai this past January.

For the second year in a row at the Mattoni Karlovy Vary Half Marathon, both course records were broken at the IAAF Silver Label Road Race on Saturday (23).

Had it not been for an extra 0.1m/s of wind, Ivory Coast s Marie-Josee Ta Lou would have come away from the IAAF World Challenge meeting in Dakar on Saturday (23) with a big PB in the 100m.

Better known as a winter sports nation, Austria is yet to win a medal at a global age-group athletics championships. But that could all change at the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015.

All eyes at the AA Drink FBK Games will be on Dafne Schippers when she lines up for the 100m at the IAAF World Challenge meeting in Hengelo on Sunday (24).

For Javan Martin, only one thing will suffice when he travels to Colombia for the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 in July.