Illness has forced Ethiopia’s former World 10,000 metres champion Gete Wami to withdraw from the View From Great North Cross Country on January 4.

SONIA O'SULLIVAN intended yesterday's BUPA Great North Run to be a dress rehearsal for the New York Marathon. And if yesterday's results are anything to go by, her visit to Central Park on November 3 could hold promise beyond belief.

Tyneside

Paula Radcliffe suffered heartbreak in the 10,000 metres once again as she was squeezed out of the medals and into fourth place.

Derartu Tulu, twice winner of the Olympic 10,000 metres, emerged triumphant in a nail-biting finish to the women’s Flora London Marathon.

The men's Flora London Marathon was won in convincing fashion by Abdelkader El Mouaziz - his second success in the capital in three years.