Olympic champion and world-record holder Beatrice Chebet won the women's 10,000 metres at the World Athletics Championships with a late burst on Saturday to claim her first world title.
The Kenyan sprinted clear on the final lap to cross the line in 30 minutes 37.61 seconds and complete the first leg of what she hopes will be a 5,000m-10,000m double in Tokyo to match her feat at last year's Paris Olympics.
Nadia Battocletti could not keep with Chebet on the run-in but finished second in an Italian record 30:38.23 to win a silver to add to the one she won behind the Kenyan at last year's Olympics.
Gudaf Tsegay, who led an Ethiopian podium sweep at the last world championships in Budapest two years ago, held off Chebet's teammate Agnes Jebet Ngetich to take bronze in 30:39.65, her best time of the year.