Maria Mutola is set for Melbourne following her seventh world indoor title.
Mozambique's Maria Mutola has added a record seventh women's 800 metres victory at the World Indoor Championships in Moscow.
"This is something special, But it was tough, definitely not the way I wanted it to be. It was too risky to come from behind so I went into the lead from the start. Now I am full of new motivation for my career," said an ecstatic Mutola, 33.
No other athlete in the history of the championships has won more than five titles.
Mutola now flies straight to Melbourne to contest the Games, joined by many of the Commonwealth's other star athletes warming up at the world indoors.
Jamaica's Kenia Sinclair grabbed the 800m silver medal in a national record of 1:59.54 and will be aiming to take the gold from Mutola in Melbourne.
Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele and Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge swapped places throughout the 3,000 metres event before the Ethiopian hit the front 300 metres from home.
Qatar's Kenyan-born Saif Saaeed Shaheen, the current 3,000 metres steeplechase world champion and world record holder, came past Kipchoge on the last lap to get second with 7:41.28, with Kipchoge hanging on for third in 7:46.43.
Kenya's Wilfred Bungei added to Africa's talent by winning the men's 800 metres gold medal in 1:47.15, just holding off South Africa's fast-finishing defending champion Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, who finished in 1:47.16.
And Grenada's Alleyne Francique defended his men's 400 metres title with relative ease in 45.54 seconds.
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