Chebet, the world record holder in both the 5,000m and 10,000m, clocked a winning time of 30min 37.61sec.

South African Gift Leotlela won in a personal best 9.87sec.

Erasmus listed four other players from the 1995 World Cup-winning Springboks who have died at a relatively young age.

Germany, France, Argentina and Austria all edged closer to the Davis Cup finals on Friday taking 2-0 leads in their second round qualifiers.

Aprilia rider Bezzecchi completed a perfect day on his home Marco Simoncelli circuit.