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Originally scheduled to come back on to the global sporting calendar in December 2022, the Dubai Marathon will now return to action on Sunday, February 12, 2023.

Worknesh Degefa made it a Dubai double with victory in the 2020 Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon as debutant Olika Adugna won a dramatic sprint to the finish in an historic men’s race.

Tomorrow’s 21st anniversary of the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon offers the extra incentive of a spot on the Olympic team for Tokyo later his year for Ethiopians and Kenyans for whom the event is a relatively short hop across the Arabian Sea, and a rather longer trek across the Atlantic for a trio of Mexicans, writes Pat Butcher.