Francine Niyonsaba breaks 2,000m world record

Niyonsaba ends her season with a world record, running 5:21.56 at the Continental Tour meet in Zagreb, Croatia

Aleksandr Sorokin of Lithuania runs 309 kilometres in 24 hours to break world record

Sorokin averaged 4:39 per km over seven consecutive marathons

Yalemzerf Yehualaw runs 1:03:44, breaks half-marathon world record in Northern Ireland

Yehualaw is the first woman to run under 1:04