Victor Kiplangat, the Commonwealth Games champion, took it to another level and won the World marathon title as Zach Panning led the Americans in 13th.

The Olympic bronze medallist at 10,000 is back to defend his crown but he'll face five other sub-2:07 guys in the field plus four really interesting debutantes: Yenew Alamirew (12:48/27:19 track pbs),  Birhanu Legese (59:20 to win New Delhi Half Marathon in November), Leul Gebresilase (59:18 HM), and Fikadu Haftu (59:22).

The times were slow in the hot weather, but the competition was fierce with big money on the line. Ethiopia's Leul Gebresilase lost by 2-seconds in the men's race, costing him $10,000 in prize money. *IAAF Recap