Thursday, December 8, 2011

Radcliffe seeks Olympic revenge

From EuroSport online...

Radcliffe seeks Olympic revenge

Paula Radcliffe is hoping for a change of fortune and that London streets will be paved with gold not pain next summer.

Radcliffe has been formally selected for her fifth Games and is hopeful she can write a fairytale ending to an Olympic story that has seen more than its share of tragedy.

Despite holding the world marathon record, winning the London Marathon three times in three appearances and claiming the world title in 2005, many still associate the 37-year old with her tearful exit from the Olympic marathon in Athens, which she started as a red-hot favourite.

Illness and injury conspired against her then and again four years later in Beijing, when she battled to the finish, albeit in a distant 23rd. In her Games debut over 5,000m at Atlanta 1996 she came home fifth while at the next attempt in Sydney she upgraded to an agonising fourth over 10,000m.

However, she insists exorcising her Olympic demons is not the sole motivating factor for next summer - where the technical loop course around central London, which is not expected to produce fast times, is expected to benefit her.

Read on here<http://au.eurosport.com/olympicgames/london-2012/2012/radcliffe-seeks-revenge_sto3055372/story.shtml>.

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