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Paula Radcliffe

The British runner who set a famous world record at the 2003 London Marathon.

In 2003, the British runner Paula Radcliffe set a famous world record of 2:15:25 at the London Marathon. It was the highlight of a career that also included a gold medal at the World Championships, but a series of failures at the Olympic Games. Simon Watts reports.

PHOTO: Paula Radcliffe in 2005 (Getty Images)

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Mon 29 Apr 2019 03:50GMT

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