Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce were crowned as the Male and Female World Athletes of the Year at the World Athletics Gala on Saturday night (16), a fitting climax to the Jamaican athletes stunning seasons.

For this year s edition of the Yokohama Women s Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, Albina Mayorova set her own pace. And it paid off on Sunday (17) with yet another victory for the Russian in Japan.

Felix Kipkemoi Keny fulfilled predictions that the 2013 Divina Pastora Valencia Marathon, an IAAF Bronze Label Road Race, would provide the fastest Marathon ever seen in Spain when he won the event in 2:07:14 on Sunday (17).

In just her second ever race over the classic distance, Kenya s Rebecca Chesire held off a late charge from marathon debutante Elvan Abeylegesse to win the Vodafone Istanbul Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Sunday (17).

Despite all her successes, New Zealand s Valerie Adams gave out a warning to the rest of the top women shot putters around the world that she s still hungry to add more honours to her portfolio on Friday (15).

Ahead of the 2013 World Athletics Gala in Monaco on Saturday, World and Olympic Discus champion Sandra Perkovic spoke to the press about her past season and her goals for next year.