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Haile Gebrselassie poses for photographs afterwards with the media, who have abandoned their usual cynicism in favour of unadulterated fawning in front of the greatest distance runner of all time.
BBC: Me, my race and Haile
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The Mets are moving their top minor-league affiliate to Las Vegas, a city some 2, 200 miles away from Queens the greatest distance between a Triple-A team and its current parent club.
WSJ: In Major League Baseball, Triple-A Can Mean a Long-Distance Relationship
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Brendan Foster, the BBC commentator who described McColgan's victory in Tokyo as "the greatest ever by any British distance runner", paid tribute to her contribution to the sport.
BBC: McColgan takes final bow