- The 2015 wolrd champion stormed the final with a season's best of 85.79m on Tuesday morning to rank second in Group 'A', behind German Julian Weber ( 87.76m).Vadjech Jakub
- Chebet won her and Kenya's first gold medal at the Paris show when she outsprinted two-time Olympic 1500m champion Faith Chepngetich on Monday night to win the 5000m title.
- The teenager finished second and Loroupe, a two-time winner of the New York Marathon, invited Lobalu to join a training camp at her foundation on the outskirts of Nairobi.
- The result saw the Swamis consolidate their lead on the table despite early scares; wrapping up the weekend four points clear of Kanbis and defending Champions Ruaraka.
- Kipyegon breezed through the heats on Friday, clocking 14:57.56, followed by defending champion Sifan Hassan (14:57.65) and Nadia Battocletti (14:57.65).
- Despite her struggles, the lanky runner ran gun-to-tape to win her race in 9:13.56 ahead of home girl Finot Alice ( 9:14.78 ) and Germany’s Lea Meyer ( 9:14.85).
- The Algerian is one of two boxers competing in Paris despite being banned from last year’s World Championships by the International Boxing Association (IBA)
- Bach underscored that the IOC delegate the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and its framework, alongside national anti-doping laboratories, with the responsibility of conducting doping tests.
- Omanyala cruised to a 10.08 finish in Heat 2 of the men’s 100m event at the Paris Games, leading Italy’s Chituru Ali (10.12) and Germany’s Joshua Hartmann (10.16).
- • Despite the African champions' defeats to Brazil and Poland, Adhiambo said they have gained invaluable experience.•
• "As much as other people are mourning, we are celebrating," Adhiambo revealed.