Paula Radcliffe
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"Paula Jane Radcliffe", Order of the British Empire/MBE is an English long-distance runner. She is the current women's List of world records in athletics/world record holder in the marathon with her time of 2 hours 15 minutes and 25 seconds. She is a three-time winner of the London Marathon (2002, 2003, 2005), three-time New York Marathon champion (2004, 2007, 2008), and won the 2002 Chicago Marathon.

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I felt totally myself, nothing like the emptiness and horrible feeling I had then [pulling out the Olympics] - no dizziness.

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I knew I was running a good pace, so I just had to keep it up until the end.

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I have never said I was doubling up for both titles.

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This was for me. It was important for me to win this title because I knew I was capable of doing it and my team knew that too. I knew I was in good shape.

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It sharpened me up for the marathon, ... I got the run out of it that I wanted, and it was better than the run out I had before London earlier this year.

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A lot a things went wrong in Athens. I was a lot more confident here.

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I am not going to let Athens affect the rest of my life.

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It wasn't easy. It was my plan to keep a good pace going.

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It's definitely very special - right up there with running the world record.

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