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Radcliffe pulls out of marathon

"...it is very important to me that I come back to racing often and winning at 100% and continue strongly and successfully through to London 2012."

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It annoyed me that in the 2008 Olympics, she had an injury and it wasn't expected for her to compete, but in an act of pure arrogance and selfishness she decided to run,:

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She admitted that were it not for a chance to win her first Olympic medal she might have pulled out long ago.

"Of course, I could do with a bit more time, but (I'll) just go in and give it a go. That's a hundred times better than watching on TV," she said.

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By choosing to compete, for her own glory, she forced out other British hopefuls such as Hayley Haining, Liz Yelling and Mara Yamauchi.

Lame horses certainly don't get to compete in running races - why should she get a chance London?

Oh, forgot to mention, she didn't finish the marathon in Beijing.

Flogging a dead horse - Ironic, really, considering Paula Radcliffe actually bobs her head up and down as she runs and resembles a diseased pony.

At least she didn't pull a "Rosie" like in the Boston marathon some years back.