Radcliffe out?

[Hollis]

Pretty much confirmed i hear.. very sad, for one of Britain's greatest athletes.

 

[weltweit]

Pretty much confirmed i hear.. very sad, for one of Britain's greatest athletes.

Yes, I heard a foot injury. Great shame, she must be gutted.

 

[Glitter]

She tweeted something this motning about the Mail too. What did they say about her?

 

[hegley]

She tweeted something this motning about the Mail too. What did they say about her?

They spilled the news before she'd announced it: Hurt by dailymail & whoever thinks know my situation, before even do final test run. Not looking good but my heartbreaking news to break!

 

[Wilf]

Her marathon world record must have been one of the best ever single performances by a Brit - and she's been very unlucky with injuries. Same time, I do wonder why they selected her, given that she seems to have been permanently injured. Did she have to do a qualifying time in recent months? If not I wonder if her selection denied another Brit athlete a place?

Edit - wiki says she did do the qualifying time -

She set the 2011 Berlin Marathon as her comeback venue to try for an Olympic qualifying time. She came third in the race with a time of 2:23:46 hours – getting the Olympic standard and the fourth fastest time by a European that year.[33] She was dissatisfied, however, saying: "I'm not particularly happy, either with my time or my place. I came here wanting to win".[34] She used the 2012 Vienna Half Marathon to gauge her fitness and the race was set up as a battle between her and Haile Gebrselassie, with Radcliffe received a head start of 7:52 minutes (the difference between the two athletes' personal bests). She did not perform well and was comfortably beaten by the Ethiopian, while she crossed the line after 72:03 minutes.[35]

 

[Gingerman]

One of the finest athletes never to win an Olympic medal,can't see her competing in another,shame really,is she still the record holder?

 

[Wilf]

One of the finest athletes never to win an Olympic medal,can't see her competing in another,shame really,is she still the record holder?

Yes

 

[discokermit]

tax exile scum who shits in the street. fuck her.

 

[OneStrike]

I don't know about the tax exile thing (link?), she did stop for a shit though that time, hah!. What an amazing athlete though, I recall her leading world class fields early on in her career and constantly being recalled and beaten, until that time when she could maintain her crazy pacing to the line. Olympics aside, she is a legend.

 

[Hollis]

I believe needing a crap mid-race is relatively common for marthon runners - running 26 miles does weird things to your body.

 

[discokermit]

I believe needing a crap mid-race is relatively common for marthon runners - running 26 miles does weird things to your body.

dirty cunts. who does a job where they might have to shit in front of millions of people? how little dignity must you have if it's worth doing to win a fucking running race?

 

[discokermit]

I don't know about the tax exile thing (link?)

monaco,

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...5246677/Paula-Radcliffe-Fame-and-Fortune.html

"Still I'm glad I'm not living in England paying a 50 per cent top rate!"