Edwin Soi News

Meseret Defar took her ninth overall World Athletics Final title as the traditional season-capping two-day meet ended its run after it's seventh edition in this sprawling northern Mediterranean city.

World and Olympic champion Usain Bolt brought the curtain down on another record-breaking season here on Sunday when he cruised to victory in the 200m at the World Athletics Final.

Dathan Ritzenhein Sets New American 5000-Meter Record of 12:56.27 Well, what a happy astonishing sight this was for anyone watching the Universal Sports feed of the Weltklasse meet in Zurich.

By setting a new 10,000 metres African record of 29:53.80 in the Netherlands, Meselech Melkamu has challenged the throne long held by Beijing Olympic double gold medallist Trunesh Dibaba and former IAAF world's best woman athlete of the season, Meseret Defar.

Tirunesh Dibaba Comes Back to NYC for Reebok Grand Prix The 2008 Olympic 5000 and 10,000-meter gold medalist from Ethiopia has been out of action for a while but she'll do the women's 5000 on May 30 at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York's Icahn Stadium.