Pamela Jelimo collected the $1 million she won in the IAAF Golden League in style, when she cruised to victory in the women’s 800m, clocking a meet record of 1 minute, 56.41 seconds in Stuttgart, Germany. The Golden League jackpot goes to athletes who win their event in all six stops on the sport’s most lucrative tour and the 18-year-old Kenyan was the only one to do so. But to actually take home the prize, the winners also have to show up at the World Athletics Final. Jelimo did and, in the process, increased her purse by another $30,000 given to first-place winners here.

The Kenyan teenager, who only started running the two-lap race this year, was unbeaten in her 12 finals this year, including the Olympics in Beijing last month. The Olympic Champion did not run hard right from the start, but World Champion Janeth Jepkosgei of Kenya finished second (1:58.41), while Briton Marilyn Okoro was third with 1:58.64. Remaining unbeaten, this was Jelimo’s 14th win in a row. “Today I did not have any tactics,” Jelimo said. “I am a sprinter. So I can always rely on my final speed.” Regarding next year the African record holder, and World Junior record holder, (1:54.01) said: “I guess that I have even more talent than I showed in 2008. Next year I want to run even faster.”

Sunday also witnessed Meseret Defar claim victory in the 3,000m to complete a notable double. On Saturday she defeated Vivian Cheruiyot in the 5000m, and on Sunday the Ethiopian bronze medallist from Beijing also took the 3000m, again beating the Kenyan. Defar looked in full control when she decisively increased the pace in the battle against Cheruiyot and ran away in the final 250 metres. Defar clocked 8:43.60 and was almost a full second ahead of Cheruiyot (8:44.64). It is the second time since 2005 that Defar has won the 3000/5000m double at the IAAF/VTB Bank World Athletics Final. It’s even more amazing that this is the fifth consecutive time that Defar has won the 3000m at this competition.

In Men’s action, Kenya’s Paul Kipsiele Koech dominated the 3000m Steeplechase throughout the race. The world leader, who had run 8:00.57 minutes in Heusden in July, tried again to break the eight minute barrier. But conditions were not suitable with the cold weather and no pacemakers available. After a fast opening kilometer of 2:37.73 minutes Koech slowed slightly, passing 2000m in 5:22.91. He finished in 8:05.35 minutes, still around ten seconds ahead of Ezekiel Kemboi (8:15.32). Kenya took the top three spots with Richard Mateelong third in 8:16.05.“I was well prepared for today, but it was hard, because I am not used to running in the wind and the coolness,” Koech said. “I took the lead from the beginning, because I did not want to get a slow race.”