Sport 08-11-2004 Radcliffe Wins New York Marathon who: British Olympic 10,000 metres runner Paula Radcliffe what: Wins New York City marathon where: NEW YORK when: Yesterday snippet: "Paula Radcliffe`s response to those who doubted her ability to bounce back from her Olympic despair could not have been more emphatic yesterday," says The Telegraph, "when she triumphed in a thrilling New York Marathon." "Radcliffe out-sprinted Susan Chepkemei to win in two hours 23 minutes 10 seconds just 11 weeks after failing to finish the Olympic marathon," says the ITV news website. "It was the slowest time, by far, of the four marathons that Radcliffe has finished but this was not the day for thinking of breaking the world record for the third time," comments David Powell, athletics correspondent to The Times. "The challenge was to prove that, after her Olympic meltdown in Athens, she was not yesterday`s heroine and that she is still the most talented woman marathon runner the world has known. Point proven." Or, to put it another, much less respectful, way, "Shock horror: Paula finishes a race," as Shaun Connolly in The Mirror puts it. [... more]

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