Distance runner Paula Radcliffe has had to pull out of London 2012 with a foot injury, many are saying this is a devastating blow, but judging by her career this just seems par for the course.
Every time she competes at any major competition she seems to have a new thing wrong with her and to be frank I’m fed up with hearing about it, and given that she finished 23rd in the marathon in Beijing and has hardly competed since I doubt a medal was a possibility.
A talented athlete no doubt and if she were to retire after this latest setback, she would be remembered as one of the best for her exploits mainly in the marathon, she still holds the world record set in 2003 and won gold at the 2005 world championships.
But mine and most people’s enduring memory of her career will be her pulling of the Olympic marathon race in 2004, under rather unsanitary circumstances. (even now that still makes me recoil)
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