Athletics: Vili triumphs in Germany

New Zealand shot putter Valerie Vili has followed up her Olympics gold with an easy win at the world athletics championships final in Germany.

Vili had a best throw of 19.69m overnight in Stuttgart, beating second place getter Nadine Kleinert from Germany, who threw 19.42m.

Nick Willis also replicated his bronze medal by coming third in the 1500m final in a time of 3min 38.22sec.

The race was won by Kenyan Haron Keitany in 3min 37.92sec, with his fellow countryman Asbel Kiprop only 0.01sec behind.

- NZPA