Akani Simbine and Prudence Sekgodiso won their specialist events at the Diamond League meeting in Oslo on Thursday night.
Prudence Sekgodiso after winning the 800m race at the Diamond League meeting in Oslo. Picture: Maja Hitij/Getty Imagesboth picked up their second Diamond League wins of the season, while long-distance runner Adrian Wildschutt broke his own national 5,000m record.
Akani Simbine after winning the 100m sprint at the Diamond League in Oslo. Picture: Maja Hitij/Getty Images He took nearly six seconds off his national outdoor mark of 13:02.46 which was set last season, and sliced 0.09 off his all-time best of 12:56.76 which was set on a short track earlier this year.
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