Sporting Digest: Athletics

BUPA GREAT SOUTH RUN (Portsmouth): Men: 1 G Staines (Belgrave) 46min 11sec (British record); 2 J Treacy (Irl) 46.25; 3 P Davies- Hale (Cannock) 47.00. Women: 1 I Nagura (Rom) 53.01; 2 S Rigg (Warrington) 53.42; 3 M Sutton (Tipton) 54.17.

VENICE MARATHON: 1 A Castro (Bra) 2hr 10min 06sec; 2 S Bettiol (It) 2:11.44; 3 P Catarino (Por) 2:1428.