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I am delighted to welcome Claire and Dave to Team GB to make their Olympic debuts in London ... The group of five Team GB marathon athletes now includes an excellent blend of up-and-coming runners with greatly experienced athletes, led by five-time Olympian Paula Radcliffe and Mara Yamauchi, who finished sixth at the last Olympics.
I hope I’m in the stadium for the men’s 1500m final, but I’m also looking forward to Paula Radcliffe in the marathon
She's a perfectionist ... which can be a frustrating existence.More quotes »
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Mara's marathon aim
Four years since finishing sixth in the Olympic marathon in Beijing, Team GB hopeful Mara Yamauchi is confident she can reproduce the goods on the streets of London in her second Olympic appearance this August. The 38-year-old from Oxford qualified for t from Sky Sports Read more »
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Outdoor Olympic season begins with LIA
THE historic Loughborough Indoor Athletics (LIA) meet takes place on Sunday and as the hunt for Olympic A standard times heats up there will be plenty of fiery action out on track. Tickets are still available for the meet at the Paula Radcliffe Athletics from Loughborough Echo Read more »
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Greece: Where the Games began
A keen marathon runner (or glutton for punishment), I loved the idea of retracing those mythical footsteps. What better than a marathon from Marathon in an Olympic year? Yet the weaving traffic, crash barriers and scrubby, faint footpaths suggested a ser from The Telegraph UK Read more »
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Olympics 2012: Paula Radcliffe pulls out
Paula Radcliffe was expected to win the marathon gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics. But with two weeks to go for the race, tragedy struck. Radcliffe injured her leg and was on anti-inflammatory drugs which, in turn, affected her health. She began sufferin from DNA India Read more »
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Paula Radcliffe to go on the offensive against drug cheats
Save time by using your existing account to sign in to Evening Standard We'll never share your information or post anything to your account without your permission Save time by using your existing account to sign in to Evening Standard We'll never share from This Is London Read more »
