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Ethiopia's Lamecha Girma smashed the world record in the men's 3 000m steeplechase at the Diamond League meeting in Paris on Friday.

Ethiopia's Girma sets new steeplechase world record

World 200m champion Noah Lyles scorched to victory in the 100m at the Diamond League meeting in Paris on Friday, but Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs could only finish seventh.

Lyles wins Paris Diamond League 100m, Jacobs seventh

Kenyan Faith Kipyegon made it two world records in a week after delivering a masterclass in the women's 5 000m at the Paris Diamond League meeting on Friday

Kipyegon and Girma star in night of world records in Paris

Norway's Olympic 1 500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen set a stunning new world record over 2 miles at the Diamond League meeting in Paris on Friday.

Ingebrigtsen sets new world record for rarely-run 2-mile event

Running

When Bruce Fordyce ran his final Comrades Marathon in 2012, he memorably ran the last 25km alongside South African middle and long-distance runner Zola Budd, who was running in her maiden Comrades.

Why Caster Semenya wouldn’t cut it at Comrades - Bruce Fordyce

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone destroyed the 400m hurdles world record when she claimed world championships gold on home soil last year and the American

McLaughlin-Levrone sets sights on 400m flat world record

According to nine-time Comrades Marathon winner Bruce Fordyce, the value of altitude training cannot be understated for professional runners.

High altitude essential for Comrades success - Bruce Fordyce

After dropping off children at school, South African minibus driver "Roro" Mokgele Ramathe parks up and strips down to his training kit underneath.

'Comrades' ultra-marathon, a symbol of hope in South Africa

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