Ethiopian Ketema Nigusse and home star Yevgeniya Danilova were the winners at the Siberian International Marathon, an IAAF Bronze Label Road Race, in Omsk on Sunday (22).

Geoffrey Mutai won the Udine Half Marathon on Sunday (22) in 59:06, one of the fastest times ever on Italian soil and the fourth-fastest time in the world this year.

Defending champion Meselech Melkamu will return to the scene of her triumph last year when she runs the BMW Frankfurt Marathon on 27 October, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, the organisers announced on Monday (23).

What a difference 12 months make for Russian team-mates Svetlana Shkolina and Natalya Antyukh. While Shkolina has seen her fortunes soar this year, Antyukh has plummeted from the dizzy heights she occupied in 2012.

A commanding collection of the world s best marathon runners will vie for the New York and 2012 2013 World Marathon Majors (WMM) titles on 3 November at the 2013 ING New York City Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race.

Two of Russia s top marathon runners, Aleksey Sokolov and Yevgeniya Danilova, will be hopeful of winning on home soil at the Siberian International Marathon in Omsk on 22 September, but two talented African runners could threaten their chances at the I...