Henry Chirchir and Beatrice Toroitich, both from Kenya, won the 2015 Nagano Marathon on Sunday (19), achieving just the second Kenyan double in the 17-year history of the IAAF Bronze Label Road Race.

Ethiopia s Mosinet Geremew out-raced defending champion Nguse Amlosom at the 2015 Yangzhou Jianzhen International Half Marathon to set a Chinese all-comers record of 59:52 at the IAAF Gold Label Road Race on Sunday (19).

Jenna Prandini may be the indoor and outdoor NCAA champion in the long jump, but the University of Oregon student is fast making a name for herself as a sprinter.

The Floridian city of Clermont is something of a mecca for sprinters with a track that s conducive to fast times and a near guarantee of favourable conditions.

Warm and windy conditions affected some of the race walkers at the Rio Maior International Race Walking Grand Prix but Liu Hong and Eider Arevalo won with relative ease over 20km at the IAAF Race Walking Challenge meeting on Saturday (18).

No one saw it coming, not even Rushwal Samaai himself, but the Commonwealth and African bronze medallist shattered his long jump PB to provide the top performance of the South African Championships in Stellenbosch.