Evergreen Kenneth Mungara, now 41, and his Kenyan compatriot Lucy Karimi took the 2015 Milano Marathon titles, winning at the IAAF Bronze Label Road Race in 2:08:44 and 2:27:35 on Sunday (12).

It was a double Kenyan celebration at the sixth Brighton Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, as Duncan Maiyo smashed his personal best to win in 2:10:15 while Pennina Wanjiru won the women s race in 2:34:24 on Sunday (12).

At the 13th Johnson/JJK Invitational in the US town of Westwood, shot putter Joe Kovacs reached a lifetime best of 22.35m on Saturday (11), the longest distance in the world since 2010.

Abera Kuma from Ethiopia pulled away from his rivals in the last seven kilometres of the 35th edition of de NN Rotterdam Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, to win in 2:06:46 on Sunday (12).

Sisay Lemma won the 32nd Vienna City Marathon in 2:07:31 in windy and relatively warm weather conditions at the IAAF Gold Label Road Race on Sunday (12).

Mark Korir won the 39th edition of the Schneider Electric Paris Marathon, crossing the line at the IAAF Gold Label Road Race in a personal best of 2:05:49 on Sunday (12).