same race on 15 February 2015, she set 3 world records in the same race: 15 km (46:14), previously held by Tirunesh Dibaba (46:26), and her two records of 20 km (1:01:54) and half-marathon (1:05:09). Canova's latest athletes to win world championships were Caleb Ndiku (2014 World Indoor Championships 3000m), Irene Cheptai (World Cross Country Championships 2017 in Kampala) and Geoffrey Kirui (World Marathon Champion 2017 in London). In 2007, his athletes obtained silver medals at the World Cross Country Championships (Moses Mosop), and in the World Championships Marathon (Mubarak Shami). His athletes have won several Marathon Majors. In 2016, for the first time, two athletes coached by the same coach (Abel Kirui and Florence Kiplagat) were the winner of Chicago Marathon, one of the historic classic races of 42 km. In 2017, Geoffrey Kirui won Boston, and became the only athlete in the athletic history able to win WCh after winning Boston. Canova started working for the Italian athletics federation (FIDAL) in 1971. His first position was as national coach of the 400m and 4 × 400m relay events. During this time he was involved in the training of 800m world record setter Marcello Fiasconaro, the first to run under 1:44 for the distance. From 1976-1985 he was national coach of multi-events. In 1986 he became responsible for the Italian marathon team, along with his good friend Luciano Gigliotti, coach of Olympic gold medalists Gelindo Bordin (1988) and Stefano Baldini (2004). Directly responsible for female runners, his athletes in this period included Ornella Ferrara (1995 World Championships marathon bronze medalist), Maria Curatolo (1987 World Road Race Championships 15 km bronze medalist and 1994 European Championships marathon silver medalist) and Maura Viceconte (1998 European Championships marathon bronze medalist). His last position with FIDAL was Technical Scientific Director, which he held until 2002. He is a lecturer for the IAAF, and is frequently invited to speak in international congresses about the training methodology. In 2004, following the change of citizenship of his athlete Stephen Cherono from Kenya to Qatar (new name Saaeed Saif Shaheen), he became the head coach for middle and long distances in Qatar, a position he maintained until the 2010 Asian Games, when he resigned and went back to Italy. In September 2013, the Chinese Federation appointed him as national head coach for middle and long distances, including marathon, for both men and women. At the beginning of