Ethiopia s Lemi Berhanu emerged as the unexpected champion at the 2015 Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon, crossing the line at the IAAF Gold Label Road Race in a world-leading time and big personal best of 2:05:28 on Friday (23)

Italian high jumpers Marco Fassinotti and Alessia Trost set world-leading marks of 2.34m and 1.96m in the Czech town of Hustopece as the now traditional Moravia High Jump Tour got underway on Saturday (24).

World half-marathon champion Geoffrey Kamworor showed impressive form as he won at the Kenya Police Service Cross Country Championships for the third consecutive year in Nairobi on Saturday (24).

Poland s prodigiously talented teenage shot putter Konrad Bukowiecki set a world junior indoor record* of 22.38m on home soil in Torun on Saturday (24).

Tetiana Gamera-Shmyrko won the Osaka Women s Marathon for the third straight year setting a Ukrainian record of 2:22:09 at the IAAF Silver Label Road Race on Sunday (25).

DPR Korea s diminutive Kim Hye Gyong, seventh at last year s Asian Games, caused a minor surprise when she won the Standard Chartered Hong Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, in 2:31:46 on Sunday (25).