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Paula Radcliffe set to race in New York City Marathon

Published by
ross   Sep 30th 2009, 11:41pm
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Radcliffe set to race in New York

Paula Radcliffe
Radcliffe celebrates her victory in the New York half marathon

Britain's Paula Radcliffe will race in the New York City Marathon in November.

The 35-year-old world marathon record holder has competed once in 10 months - in the New York half marathon - because of bunion surgery and a broken toe.

She withdrew from the Athletics World Championships in Berlin in August four days after her victory in New York.

Radcliffe, who is due to return to action in Birmingham on 11 October, will be seeking her fourth New York Marathon win and third in succession.

"I think the motivating thing here is that no one since Grete Waitz has been in a position to go for four victories here," race director Mary Wittenburg told the...



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