US record holder Emma Coburn beat her arch rival, world leader Hiwot Ayalew, to take eight points for Team Americas in the first track event of day two, avenging her defeat from two months ago when the two met at the IAAF Diamond League in Glasgow.
Since the start of June, LaShawn Merritt has lost just once in nine races and that reverse came in the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Lausanne, when the US athlete finished second to the London 2012 Olympic Games champion Kirani James.
World leader and Diamond Race winner Jairus Birech finished off his stellar steeplechase season with another victory in the stadium where he won at the African Championships last month, clocking 8:13.18 to finish ahead of USA s Evan Jager.
Although they were never expected to be in the hunt for overall victory at the IAAF Continental Cup, Marrakech 2014, being the host nation certainly didn t harm Africa as they got off to a good start on the first day of action in Marrakech on Saturday ...
