In the women’s event, three Ethiopians—Freweyni Hailu, Diribe Welteji, and Birke Haylom—are in a league of their own, having all run season bests of 3:55.28 from 3:58.43, the slowest mark by ...

Watch Ethiopia’s Birke Haylom break the U-20 mile record for women with a time of 4:17.13, just ahead of American Cory Ann McGee, who is now the third-fastest American female miler ever.

With just under a lap to go in heat three, the choppy nature of championship racing was on show when Kenya's Nelly Chepchirchir nudged into Ethiopia's Birke Haylom from behind. READ MORE ...

Kenya's Nelly Chepchirchir won her heat, maintaining her composure in a scrappy race that saw early frontrunners like Uganda's Winnie Nanyondo and Ethiopia's Birke Haylom running out of steam to ...