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Thursday, 06 March 2008 |
An injured Paula Radcliffe pulls out of London Marathon
British athlete Paula Radcliffe has pulled out from the London Marathon on 13 April due to an injured toe.
Paula Radcliffe, 34, who had been hoping to win her fourth title, hurt her right foot when altitude training in New Mexico, and she said: "I am desperately disappointed that I have to pull out of this year's race. I love running in London and this race would have been the perfect test for me before the Olympic Games."
Paula Radcliffe is the current women's marathon world record-holder and she was winner of the London race in 2002, 2003 and 2005.
Paula Radcliffe said the toe injury was a "minor" one but she wanted to be in the best possible state for the London Marathon and she explained: "In marathon training there are no shortcuts and there is simply not enough time to be in the shape I want to be in to run well in London."
Paula Radcliffe is now going to concentrate all her efforts into the forthcoming Olympic Games.
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