Margaret Chelimo and Cornelius Tuwei top Hengelo meeting

Kenya’s Margaret Chelimo after women’s 5000m final in the 2018 Commonwealth Games. [AFP]

Margaret Chelimo, Cornelius Tuwei took top honours at the IAAF World Challenge meeting in Hengelo, Netherlands on Sunday.

Chelimo, 26, a fifth finished at the 2017 World Championships in London produces a killer sprint as she convincingly beat, homegirl Sifan Hassan to get her victory of the season in the women’s 5,000m.

Hassan who announced her ambition earlier this week to break her own European 5000m record in Hengelo, fell 16 seconds short of her target

A lead pack of four Hassan, Kipkemboi, Kenyan youngster Eva Cherono and Hawi Feysa of Ethiopia– began to pull away in the second half, even though the pace continued to decrease. Cherono led for much of the final kilometre but was passed by the three other women in the lead pack as they reached the final lap.

Hassan hit the front, but couldn’t shake off the challenge of Chelimo and Feysa. With 100 metres left, Kipkemboi passed a struggling Hassan and went on to win in a world-leading 14:37.22, the second-fastest time of her career. Hassan finished second in 14:38.54, while Feysa was third.

In men’s 800m Tuwei held off a strong challenge from Britain’s Kyle Langford and European indoor champion Alvaro de Arriba to win the men’s 800m in 1:45.67, and USA’s Michael Cherry won the men’s 400m in 45.15.

Mean’s 5000m saw a closely contested event between Kenyan Nicholas Kimeli and Ethiopia’s Telahun Bekele with Ethiopian finishing ahead of Kenyan just four days after winning at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Rome. Bekele won in 12:57.56 with Kimeli close behind in a personal best of 12:57.90.

Meanwhile, IAAF Council has approved the running global governing body’s new name and logo at the IAAF Council Meeting in Monaco last Friday.

The new name, ‘World Athletics’, builds upon the organisation's restructuring and governance reform agenda of the past four years to represent a modern, more creative and positive face for the sport. The new brand, Council agreed, makes the sport more accessible to a wider audience while giving the global governing body the opportunity to more clearly communicate its mission as the leader of the world’s most participatory sport.

"The hope is that our new brand will help attract and engage a new generation of young people to athletics,” said IAAF President Sebastian Coe. “We have now created a brand that can come to life in the digital world while reflecting the changing nature of the sport. And at the same time bring into focus the athletes, the heroes of our sport.”

“The IAAF name has been in existence for over 100 years, but it has little understanding or relevance to those outside of athletics," said IAAF CEO Jon Ridgeon. "The new identity creates a symbol that can stand alone and work with partners and events.